Energy pathway arrangement

ABSTRACT

Compact and integral arrangements for an energy-conditioning arrangement ( 800   q ) having various predetermined pathways ( 813   a   , 813   b ) utilized in part for the purpose of conditioning energies of either one or multiple of circuitry that would otherwise detrimentally effect a predetermined application having a single or multiple, circuitry systems. Some energy-conditioning variants can be operable to provide multiple-conditioning operations.

This application is a US national stage application of internationalapplication PCT/US01/43418, filed Nov. 15, 2001, which claims thebenefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/248,914, filed Nov. 15,2000, the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/252,766, filedNov. 22, 2000, the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No.60/253,793, filed Nov. 29, 2000, the benefit of U.S. ProvisionalApplication No. 60/255,818, filed Dec. 15, 2000, the benefit of U.S.Provisional Application No. 60/280,819, filed Apr. 2, 2001, the benefitof U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/302,429, filed Jul. 2, 2001, andthe benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/310,962, filed Aug.8, 2001, and application PCT/US01/43418 is also a continuation-in-partof application No. 09/982,553, filed Oct. 17, 2001 now abandoned, whichclaims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/241,128 filedOct. 17, 2000.

This application is a continuation-in-part of co-pending applicationSer. No. 09/982,553 filed Oct. 17, 2001. This application also claimsthe benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/248,914, filed Nov.15, 2000, U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/252,766, filed Nov. 22,2000, U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/253,793, filed Nov. 29, 2000,U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/255,818, filed Dec. 15, 2000, U.S.Provisional Application No. 60/280,819, filed Apr. 2, 2001, U.S.Provisional Application No. 60/302,429, filed Jul. 2, 2001, and U.S.Provisional Application No. 60/310,962, filed Aug. 8, 2001.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to compact and integral componentarrangements comprising predetermined positioned energy-conditioningarrangements of various elements that include complementary energypathways practicable as multiple, complementary paired, portions ofseparate and isolated electronic circuitry, combined with coupled andshielding, energy pathways. These component arrangement amalgams providenot only simultaneous energy-conditioning of portions of propagatingenergies, but also to provide compact, integrated isolation andimmunization functions for desired energy portions relative toundesirable, internally and/or externally created energy portions thatwould otherwise detrimentally effect multiple, circuitry systemsoperating in conjunction with a new, typical component arrangement.Other energy-conditioning arrangement variants can be simultaneouslyoperable to provide not only single common voltage reference functionsto one or multiple circuit systems, but provide either multiple,isolated common or single, common voltage reference functions torespective or multiple, separated circuit systems simultaneously whilepracticability for performing multiple, dynamic energy-conditioningoperations.

BACKGROUND OF THE RELATED ART

Today, as the density of electronics within system applications in theworld increases, an unwanted noise byproduct from such configurationscan limit the performance of both, critical and non-critical electroniccircuitry, alike. Consequently, the avoidance to the effects of unwantednoise by either isolation or immunization of circuit portions againstthe effects of undesirable energy or noise is an important considerationfor most circuit and package design.

The effect of unwanted energy or noise in a circuit may be lessened bythe use of various design techniques created to reduce the undesirableenergy or noise generated to/or by certain devices or circuits.Undesirable energy or noise found in a single circuit has in the past,been reduced by the use of various layout techniques to isolate noiseenergy (e.g., with guard rings or shields) that would otherwise disruptthe circuits in question. Past disclosures by others reveal specific andgeneral attempts to utilize various techniques that can be found in manywell-written works that include, but are not limited to U.S. Pat. No.6,031,406, as well as an article such as one written by N. Verghese, T.Schmerbeck, D. Allstot, entitled Simulation Techniques and Solutions forMixed-Signal Coupling in Integrated Circuits 235–253 (Kluwer AcademicPublishers 1995) and a book by P. Horowitz, W. Hill, The Art ofElectronics, pp. 430–466 (Cambridge University Press 1989), which arebut three related examples.

Differential and common mode noise energy can be generated and willusually traverse along and around energy pathways, cables, circuit boardtracks or traces, high-speed transmission lines and bus line pathways.In many cases, these types of energy conductors act as an antennaradiating energy fields that aggravate the problem even more such thatat these high frequencies, propagating energy portions utilizing priorart passive devices have led to increased levels of this energyparasitic interference in the form of various capacitive and inductiveparasitics. These increases are due in part to the combination ofrequired operable placement constraints of these functionally andstructurally limited, prior art solutions coupled with their inherentmanufacturing imbalances and performance deficiencies that are carriedforward into the application and that inherently create or induce anoperability highly conducive to creating unwanted interference energythat couples into the associated electrical circuitry, which makesshielding from EMI desirable.

Consequently, for today's high frequency operating environments, thesolution involves or comprises a combination of simultaneous filtrationof both input and output lines along with careful systems layout,various grounding arrangements and techniques as well as extensiveisolating, electrostatic and/or magnetic shielding.

Thus, a single and universally adaptable, self-containedenergy-conditioning arrangement utilizing simple arrangements of energypathways with other elements that can be utilized in almost anymulti-circuit application for providing effective and sustainable noisesuppression, shielding, cancellation, elimination or immunization asneeded, is highly desired.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a top view of a portion of embodiment 6000 of FIG. 2A inaccordance with the present configurations, among others;

FIG. 2A shows an exploded plan view of an embodiment 6000, which is anenergy-conditioning arrangement in accordance with the presentconfigurations, among others;

FIG. 2B shows a top view of a portion of a discrete component 6000version of FIG. 2A in accordance with the present configurations, amongothers;

FIG. 2C view of a multi-circuit arrangement utilizing embodiment 6000 inone a many possible configurations in accordance with the presentconfigurations, among others;

FIG. 3A shows an exploded plan view of an embodiment 8000, which is amulti-circuit common mode and differential mode energy conditionercomprising three separate complementary energy pathway pairs, including(1) cross-over feedthru pairing, (1) straight feedthru paring and (1)bypass paring with co-planar shielding, in accordance with the presentconfigurations, among others;

FIG. 3B shows a top view of a portion of a component 8000 of FIG. 3A inaccordance with the present configurations, among others;

FIG. 4A shows an exploded plan view of a embodiment 10000, which is amulti-circuit common mode and differential mode energy conditionercomprising three separate complementary bypass energy pathway pairs, ofwhich (2) pairings are co-planar, in accordance with the presentconfigurations, among others;

FIG. 4B shows a top view of a portion of a component 10000 of FIG. 4A inaccordance with the present configurations, among others;

FIG. 4C shows a cross-section view of a portion of a shield layering inaccordance with the present configurations, among others;

FIG. 5A shows a top view of a portion of a component layering inaccordance with the present configurations, among others;

FIG. 5B shows a top view of a portion of a component layering inaccordance with the present configurations, among others;

FIG. 6A shows a top view of a portion of a component layering inaccordance with the present configurations, among others;

FIG. 6B shows a top view of a portion of a component layering inaccordance with the present configurations, among others;

FIG. 7A shows an exploded plan view of a multi-circuit arrangementutilizing embodiment 1000 in one a many possible configurations inaccordance with the present configurations, among others;

FIG. 7B shows an top plan view of a multi-circuit arrangement utilizingembodiment 1200 in one a many possible configurations in accordance withthe present configurations, among others;

FIG. 8A shows an exploded plan view of a multi-circuit arrangementutilizing embodiment 1100 in one a many possible configurations inaccordance with the present configurations, among others;

FIG. 8B shows an top plan view of a multi-circuit arrangement utilizingembodiment 1201 in one a many possible configurations in accordance withthe present configurations, among others;

FIG. 9 shows a top view of a portion of a component 9200 of FIG. 10 inaccordance with the present configurations, among others;

FIG. 10 shows an cross-section view of an embodiment 9200, which is anenergy-conditioning arrangement in accordance with the presentconfigurations, among others;

FIG. 11 shows an cross-section view of an embodiment 9210, which is anenergy-conditioning arrangement in accordance with the presentconfigurations, among others;

FIG. 12 shows an top plan schematic view of a multi-circuit arrangementutilizing embodiment 9200 in one a many possible configurations inaccordance with the present configurations, among others;

DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS

This application is a continuation-in-part of co-pending applicationU.S. Ser. No. 09/982,553 filed Oct. 17, 2001, portions of which areincorporated herein. This application also claims the benefit of U.S.Provisional Application No. 60/248,914, filed Nov. 15, 2000, U.S.Provisional Application No. 60/252,766, filed Nov. 22, 2000, U.S.Provisional Application No. 60/253,793, filed Nov. 29, 2000, U.S.Provisional Application No. 60/255,818, filed Dec. 15, 2000, U.S.Provisional Application No. 60/280,819, filed Apr. 2, 2001, U.S.Provisional Application No. 60/302,429, filed Jul. 2, 2001, and U.S.Provisional Application No. 60/310,962, filed Aug. 8, 2001, portions ofwhich are incorporated, herein.

One approach disclosed, among others, is to provide anenergy-conditioning arrangement and/or energy-conditioning arrangementthat are integral, in functional ability, as well as physical make-up,allowing for physically close in-position, multiple groupings of energypathways or electrodes that can operate dynamically in close electricalproximity to one another while sharing a common energy reference node,CRN, simultaneously. This function, among others, occurs whenfacilitated by at least an electrode or energy pathway shieldingstructure found along with other elements in one arrangement amalgam orenergy conditioner, among others.

The following sets forth detailed descriptions of a universalarrangement, among others, or embodiment that is but one of a vastnumber of possible adaptable form variants of such an arrangement thatis ubiquitous to the possible application potential operable for itsuse. This arrangement description is intended to be illustrative of onlya few of the possible universally adaptable forms of theenergy-conditioning arrangement and should not be taken at all to belimiting due to the possible variants but only so to spare more of theprecious time of the examiner. A vast spectrum of the many variations,modifications, additions, and improvements may fall within the scope ofthe universally adaptable form of the energy-conditioning arrangement asdefined, among others, in at least one or more of the many claims thatfollow.

For brevity, the word as used throughout the entire disclosure will bethe term ‘amalgam’ as defined by a posing in the dictionary withclarification help provided herein as what the applicant means. The word‘amalgam’ may be interchangeable with the phrase ‘energy conditioner’meaning a “general combination of elements that comprise among others,elements arranged in harmonious combination or amalgamation that mayinclude, among others a mixture of single and/or grouped, conductive,semi-conductive and non-conductive material elements of various materialcompositions and formats, formed or made into an practicableenergy-conditioning embodiment that is using both relative andnon-relative, single and/or grouped dimensional relationships, sizerelationships, space-apart, spaced-near, contiguous, non-contiguousrelationship arrangements and positioning with either or in combinationof non-alignments, alignments, complementary pairings, superposing,off-setting space or spaced alignments that include 3-dimensionalrelationships all amalgamated together into a form of a discrete ornon-discrete embodiment in an un-energized state that is practicable tobe operable for a dynamic use and/or state”. This term amalgam, if used,is not, “any of various alloys of mercury with other metals” such aswhat one can generally find as first definition listing of amalgam in adictionary. Thus, amalgam will also be used for disclosure purposesherein to further encompass ‘various typical amalgam (energyconditioner) and/or energy-conditioning arrangements that can includecoupled to energy pathways and coupling elements, locations andattachment configurations as described, among other methods possiblethat also aid in allowing at least one energized circuit system toutilize a disclosed embodiment, among others, in a specific orgeneralized manner.’

Therefore, at the very least, a technology foundation is laid orattempted herein as it is limited or constrain to these possibleembodiments or the possible forms as only a detailed guide to clearlyand quickly aid the reader into the direction of enlightenment as tothese disclosed and on to many of the other possible arrangementsavailable, among others, that are not necessarily disclosed, but areobvious in their form to those skilled in the art. Therefore, due to thelimitations of time constraints, particularly inherent to the work ofthe examiner and the applicant, alike is a sampling of the technologypossibilities presented.

In addition, as used herein, the acronym term “AOC” for the words “apredetermined area portion operable for energy portion convergences thatis practicable for shielded, complementary energy portion interactions”.An AOC 813 is found in either, a discrete or non-discrete version of theamalgam or energy-conditioning arrangements. The AOC 813 is also thegenerally accepted relative boundaries of shielded influence forshielded energy-conditioning as described for portions of propagatingcircuit system energies. A typical AOC can also include a physical orimaginary aligned boundary of a portion of a manufactured-together (ornot) amalgam or a manufactured-together (or not) energy-conditioningarrangements' elements that will allow shielded portions of propagatingcircuit system energies using these embodiment elements, as disclosed,to interact with one another in one or more predetermined manners orfunctions (e.g. mutual cancellation of opposing h-field energies). Forexample a portion or a element-filled space meted out by superposedalignment of 805 perimeter electrode edges of combined, conductivelycoupled shielding electrodes' main body electrode portion 81's is anexcellent grouping of elements to be used to define an AOC 813.

Combined and coupled together, shielding electrodes' main body electrodeportion 81's of a typical new embodiment not only immure and shield thecollective, complementary electrodes' main body electrode portion 80 sin almost any typical new embodiment, this arrangement would beconsidered as at least partially defining an AOC (813). Also, to furtherhelp clarify, the term ‘outer’ or ‘external’ as used herein will begenerally, but not always, considered almost any location found up toand/or beyond a typical AOCs' effective energy-conditioning range orinfluence, spacing or area, as defined herein. This does not meananything labeled ‘outer’ or ‘external’, herein must be separate of atypical embodiment or can not be contiguously apart of other elementscomprising an arrangement and an AOC 813, as to be disclosed or not. Itis just that the terms, as generally used herein, such as ‘outer’ or‘external’ could apply to all or a majority of 79”X”0 extensionportion's location respective of an AOC 813 and it's ‘parent’complementary electrode as a whole, and despite its' contiguouslyrelationship to it's' (79”X”'s) larger, main-body electrode portion 80,which itself is within an AOC 813 boundary of a typical embodiment.

The present amalgam and/or energy-conditioning arrangement also relatesto both discreet and non-discrete versions of an electrode arrangementhaving an operability for multiple-circuit operations simultaneously andcomprising a conductively coupled, multi-electrode shielding arrangementarchitecture that will almost totally envelope various paired and/orcomplementary-paired, electrodes operable for ‘electricallycomplementary’ operations (that meaning is the condition or state ispracticable or operable for opposing electrical operations to occur,relative to the other).

An amalgam or energy conditioner can comprise various homogenous and/orheterogeneously mixed energy portion propagation modes such as bypassand/or feedthru modes or operations that simultaneously shield andsmooth energy-conditioning operations for one circuit or a plurality ofcircuits. A new, typical amalgam or energy conditioner has been found tofacilitate multiple energy-conditioning functions operable upon variousenergy portions that are propagating along portions of a new, typicalembodiments' multiple complementary electrodes and/or single or multiplecircuitry portions and while utilizing a common reference node functionsupplied by the conductively ‘grounded’ plurality of first electrodes orplurality of shield electrodes.

As for most embodiments of the present amalgam or energy conditionerand/or energy-conditioning arrangement, the applicant contemplates amanufacturer having the option for combining a wide variety and widerange of possible materials that could be selected and combined into thefinal make-up of a specific embodiment, among others while stillmaintaining most of the desired degrees of energy-conditioning functionswithin the typical amalgam or energy conditioner and/orenergy-conditioning arrangement after it is normally manufactured andplaced into a set of circuits and energized.

A material with predetermined properties 801 is normally interposed andnon-conductively coupled substantially to most all points surroundingthe various electrodes of the arrangement to provide not only a spacingor spaced-apart function between the various energy pathways orelectrodes, (with the exception of predetermined locations normallyfound with each of the various spaced-apart electrodes of an arrangementof which these locals are utilized for facilitating conductive couplingbetween conductive portions).

Substances and/or a material with predetermined properties 801 willoffer both energy insulation functions for the various electrodes of thearrangement, as well as providing for a casement and/or structuralsupport; the proper spaced-apart distances (similar to what was juststated, above) required between the various shielded and shieldelectrodes of the arrangement.

These 801 material element(s) for the most part, are oriented in agenerally enveloping and adjoining relationship with respect to theelectrodes that are extending into and thru either in a singularlyand/or grouped, predetermined pairings, and/or groups of electrodepathway elements that will include many of the various combinations.

It should also be noted that portions of material having predeterminedproperties 801, and/or planar-shaped portions of material 801 havingonly a single range or single property-type of predetermined electricalproperties is not essential. In other versions of the amalgam or energyconditioner or energy-conditioning arrangement, embodiments of varioustypes of spacing-apart mediums, insulators, dielectric, capacitivematerials, and/or inductive, Ferro-magnetic, ferrite, varistor materialsthat can comprise the material 801, as well as compounds or combinationsof materials having individually or any combination of properties ofinsulators, dielectric, capacitive materials, varistor, metal-oxidevaristor-type material, Ferro-magnetic material, ferrite materialsand/or any combination thereof could be used for spacing apart energypathways of an embodiment, among others and among others are fullycontemplated by the applicant.

The term ‘801 material independent’, or ‘dielectric independent’, amongothers, allows interchangeability for a user for almost any possible 801material to be used. 801 material, again is used for among other uses asa material for spacing apart energy pathways, or for supporting energypathways in an amalgam or energy conditioner disclosed, among others notdisclosed, which are fully acceptable for use for helping to producemultiple operable energy-conditioning functions to occur to some degreerelative to a simple 801 dielectric material such as what similarfunctions an X7R yields a user, as the possible functions as found withnon-X7R material 801 that will occur to some degree in any other 801material make-up.

For example, amalgam or energy conditioner and/or energy-conditioningarrangements comprising a material 801 having ferrite properties and/orany combination of ferrites would provide an inductive characteristicthat would add to the electrode's already inherent resistivecharacteristic.

In addition to at least some sort of spacing function normally filled bya dielectric, a non-conductive, and/or a semi-conductive mediums, adielectric type of material, material with predetermined propertiesand/or a medium with predetermined properties as used can also bereferred to as simply insulators, and/or even a non-conductive materialportions 801.

Other types of plates of and/or portions of material 801, material 801combinations and/or laminates of material 801 that are not practicablefor receiving electrode material deposits such as a self-supportingelectrode may allow material 801 to be material that was eitherprocessed and/or chemically ‘doped’ where another spacing matter such asair and/or any other spacing is used instead.

In more detail, materials for composition of an embodiment, among otherssuch as dielectric materials 801 for example, can comprise one and/ormore layers of material elements compatible with available processingtechnology and is normally not limited to any possible dielectricmaterial. These materials may be a semiconductor material such assilicon, germanium, gallium-arsenate, gallium arsenide, and/or asemi-insulating and/or insulating material and the like such as, but notlimited to any K, high K and low K dielectrics and the like, but anembodiment, among others is normally not limited to any material havinga specific dielectric constant, K.

It should be noted that even a form of an electrically conductive‘semi-dielectric’ material 801”SD” (not shown) having a specificelectrical resistance that includes a negative temperature coefficient.As this electrically conductive ‘semi-dielectric’ material 801”SD”relates to a method for producing a new, typical amalgam or energyconditioner component and to the use of the same, as it is contemplatedby the applicant, such materials and material processes are amplydisclosed in International Patent Application Publication, WO 01/82314filed Apr. 25, 2000 and published world-wide on Nov. 1, 2001 and arehereby incorporated by reference. Electrically conductive‘semi-dielectric’ layers 801”SD” (not shown) can be produced from green‘semi-dielectric’ films or materials and sintered together with theeither, the various shielding electrodes and/or shielded electrodes asit suits the user, or combined with other materials 801 to allow theprocess to be done to one species of electrode and not the other.Electrode lead portions 79”X” can be conductively coupled to couplingelectrode portion(s) or extension portions 798”X” as is normally done.These electrode lead portions 79”X” are positioned in relative,complementary paired relationships found to differing side portionssides of the amalgam or energy conditioner body as they are eachconductively isolated (within the pairing) and separated from the otherby a larger shielding electrode 8”XX”.

One and/or more of a plurality of materials like 801 and/or acombination of such, having different electrical characteristics fromone another, can also be maintained between the shield electrodes and/orshielding electrode pathways and the shielded electrodes and shieldedelectrodes of the arrangement. Small versions of specific embodimentarchitecture and variants that are a few millimeters thick or less canembody many alternate electrode and material with predeterminedproperties such as a material with dielectric properties comprised oflayers, up to 1,000 and/or more. Thus, the smaller sized amalgams oramalgam or energy-conditioning sub-circuit assemblies can just as wellutilize elements comprising the spacing material 801 used by thenano-sized electrodes such as ferromagnetic materials and/orferromagnetic-like dielectric layers, inductive-ferrite dielectricderivative materials. Although these materials also provide structuralsupport in most cases of the various predetermined electrode pathway(s)within a typical embodiment, these materials with predeterminedproperties also aid the overall embodiment and circuits that areenergized in maintaining and/or by aiding the simultaneously andconstant and uninterrupted energy portion propagations that are movingalong the predetermined and structurally supported, variouspredetermined electrode pathway(s) as these conductors are actually aportion of a circuit network and/or network of circuits.

Electrode and/or conductor materials suitable for electrode and/ and/orelectrode pathways may be selected from a group consisting of Ag, Ag/Pd,Cu, Ni, Pt, Au, Pd and/or other such metals. A combination these metalmaterials of resistor materials are suitable for this purpose mayinclude an appropriate metal oxide (such as ruthenium oxide) which,depending on the exigencies of a particular application, may be dilutedwith a suitable metal. Other electrode portions, on the other hand, maybe formed of a substantially non-resistive conductive material. Theelectrodes themselves can also use almost any substances or portions ofmaterials, material combinations, films, printed circuit board materialsalong with any processes that can create electrode pathways fromformally non-conductive and/or semi-conductive material portions; anysubstances and/or processes that can create conductive portions such as,but not limited to, doped polysilicon, sintered polycrystalline(s),metals, and/or polysilicon silicates, polysilicon silicate, etc. arecontemplated by the applicant.

To reiterate, an embodiment, among others is also normally not limitedto any possible conductive material portion such as magnetic,nickel-based materials. This also includes utilizing additionalelectrode structural elements comprising either straight portions of ormixed portions conductive and nonconductive elements, multiple electrodepathways of different conductive material portion compositions,conductive magnetic field-influencing material hybrids and conductivepolymer sheets, various processed conductive and nonconductivelaminates, straight conductive deposits, multiple shielding, relative,electrode pathways utilizing various types of magnetic material shieldsand selective shielding, doped (where a conductive or non-conductiveportion(s) of a typical new energy conditioner is/or are made by adoping process), or are conductively deposited on the materials andconductive solder and the like, together, with various combinations ofmaterial and structural elements to provide the user with a host andvariety of energy-conditioning options when utilizing either discreteand/or non-discrete typical amalgam or energy conditioner and/orenergy-conditioning arrangements and/or configurations that is normallypredetermined before manufacturing and/or placement into a largerelectrical system for energization.

The typical arrangement manufacturing tolerances of opposingcomplementary electrode pathways and the capacitive balances foundbetween a commonly shared, central electrode pathway of a portion of thetypical amalgam or energy conditioner or electrode arrangement, amongothers can be found when measuring opposite sides of the shared, shieldelectrode arrangement structure and can easily be maintained atcapacitive or magnetic levels that originated at the factory duringmanufacturing of the energy-conditioning arrangement, even with the useof common non-specialized dielectrics and/or electrode conductivematerial portions such as X7R, which are widely and commonly specifiedamong prior art discrete units.

Because an amalgam or energy conditioner is designed to operate inelectrically complementary operations simultaneously at A-line to A-linecouplings as well as at least (2) A-line to C-line and B-Line to C-Line(C-Line being a conductive portion), C-line, in many cases a GnD. GnDpotential or voltage reference potential is mutually shared a result.Therefore, complementary capacitive balance and/or tolerance balancingcharacteristic from each of the pair of A-line to C-lines for this typeof energy circuit due to element positioning on opposite respectivesides of C-line, the size of their separations (loop area or portion) aswell as microns close relative positioning allow an electrodearrangement that is normally, manufactured at 1–3% capacitive toleranceinternally, for example, will generally pass on to an energized circuitthat capacitive tolerance which can be maintained and correlated to theoriginal 1–3% capacitive tolerance internally between an electricallyand/or charge opposing and paired complementary energy pathways withinthe typical amalgam or energy conditioner or electrode arrangement,among others with respect to the energy dividing shielding electrodestructures when placed into a system. (This is an example, not anaxiom.)

When a specific predetermined arrangement is normally manufactured, itcan be shaped, buried within, enveloped, and/or inserted into variousenergy systems or other sub-systems to perform various types of lineconditioning, decoupling, or modifying of a propagation of energy to adesired energy form or electrical shape, depending upon attachmentscheme.

This specific predetermined arrangement, among others, will allow anenergy-conditioning arrangement configuration to utilize the voltagedividing and energy balancing mechanisms of opposing pressures foundinternally among the grouped, adjacent amalgam or energy conditionerand/or energy-conditioning arrangement elements, allowing for aminimized hysteresis and piezoelectric effect overall, through out theelements comprising a specific predetermined arrangement, among others.

The arrangement, among others translates in dynamic operations into avoltage dividing embodiment that substantially minimizes and reduces theeffect of a typical embodiments' various material elements' hysteresisand piezoelectric effects to help retain within the AOC 813 of a typicalamalgam or energy conditioner and/or energy-conditioning arrangement,among others, much more energy available for delivery to almost anyactive component utilizing these condition energies than would otherwisebe possible in a non-owned arrangement.

Active components undergoing a switching response under a internal loadsrequiring switching time constraints which are designed to needinstantaneous energy to allow such an energy-utilizing load (that wouldbe coupled to an amalgam and/or energy-conditioning arrangement circuitarrangement) to operate with an uninterrupted and harmonious energysupply to accommodate efficient energy-utilizing load operations thatare performed.

An uninterrupted and harmonious energy supply to a energy-utilizing loadis facilitated by the amalgams equally sized and oppositely arranged,paired complementary electrode pathways which can actually be considereda portion of a respective circuit system that resides within portions ofthe total amalgam or energy conditioner's AOC 813 so to be located bothelectrically and physically on the opposite sides of the same,positioned and shared common shielding electrode(s) and/or commonshielding, electrode(s), Therefore, this effect of the interposition andinterspersing of shielded circuit portions among the various numbers ofshared shielding, common electrode(s) and/or a conductive coupledgrouping of such also creates a voltage dividing function that actuallydivides various circuit voltage utilizations or energies approximatelyin half per paired line of a circuit system and provides eachequally-sized conductor of at least a pair of two oppositely pairedcomplementary conductors (per a multi-circuit arrangement), a groupingof (2) one half portions of the voltage energy from a circuitry (percircuit).

In dynamic operation, because the complementary paired and shielded,equally-sized electrodes are opposing one another physically andelectrically in a charge-opposing manner between an interpositionedshielding relative, conductors or electrodes pathways (not of thecomplementary pathways) can one recognize that a voltage dividingrelationship exists within an energized circuitry.

The energized circuitry comprising complementary conductors within thetypical amalgam or electrode arrangement, among others is balanced as awhole, electrically and/or in a charge-opposing manner, internally, andwith respect to a centrally positioned shielding, common and sharedpathway electrode(s) relative to each circuit system member and/orportion is of an amalgam and/or energy-conditioning arrangement.

Each common circuit system member and/or portion comprising an energyconditioner and/or energy-conditioning arrangement is normally attachedor coupled (conductively) to a common area or portion and/or commonelectrode to provide an outer common zero voltage for what is termed a“0” reference circuit node of a typical energy conditioner, among othersand/or energy-conditioning assemblies for energy relationships withvarious portions of propagating energies found within each of the atleast multiple circuitries comprising at least a portion of an AOC 813of a typical energy conditioner and/or energy-conditioning arrangement.

As earlier described, a properly coupled energy conditioner and/orenergy-conditioning arrangement, among others, whether it be discreteand/or non-discrete, will generally aid in achieving an ability toperform multiple and distinct energy-conditioning functionssimultaneously, such as decoupling, filtering, voltage balancing usingthe various parallel positioning principals for a pair of circuitportions or pluralities of paired circuit portions that comprise fromseparate and distinct circuits, which are relative to a respectiveenergy source, respective paired energy pathways, the respective energyutilizing load and the respective energy pathways returning back to therespective energy source to complete the respective circuit.

Thus, internally, balanced circuit portions of a typical energyconditioner while operating with opposing or nulled dynamics that wouldotherwise produce wide degrees of hysteresis effect, material memoryeffect, angular stresses, expansion due to thermal stressing variousmaterials in single line, prior art devices, and like, will be operableto divide these same effects and stresses by the utilization of theinterposing shielding energy pathways which now divide symmetricallythese forces into opposing and complementary effects and stressesrelative to one another, respectively. Therefore, opposing, yet balancedand symmetrically complementary energy portions and/or forces generallycancel one another or null out to one another, internally, within theAOC 813, to complement the typical energy conditioner's voltage dividingability of a typical energy conditioner configuration as it wouldoperate in a mutually opposing energy portion propagation state ordynamic operation.

By the opposing, but electrically canceling and complementarypositioning of portions of propagated energy acting along thecomplementary paired, internal electrodes in a balanced manner fromopposite sides of shielding energy pathway set, a “0” Voltage referencefunction is created simultaneously, by the same, predeterminedpositioned and shared, shielding, electrodes that are conductivelycoupled electrically common to one another.

Piezoelectric effect is also minimized for the materials that make upportions of an embodiment, Therefore, energy portions are not detouredor inefficiently utilized internally within the AOC 813 and are thusavailable for use by the energy-utilizing load in a largely dramaticincrease in the ability of standard and common dielectric materials toperform functions as they were designed for within the AOC 813 and thecircuitry in a broader, less restrictive use, thus, reducing costs.

The typical energy conditioner and/or energy-conditioning arrangement,among others allow what appears to be an increased performance of the801 materials (what ever is used) over performance levels normallyobserved when used with prior art devices in an energized state.However, this increased performance of the 801 materials is only anobservation of what ideally should be, all the result of the energypathway arrangements allowing energy portion propagations tosymmetrically and complementary interact with one another is such anefficient manner that what is observed is the 801 materials operating inan “ungoverned” or wide-open state of performance, much closer to anideal performance envelope to which these materials have been conceived,designed, and utilized to produce.

Therefore, a typical conditioning arrangement as a whole, when indynamic operation reduces or minimizes observed physical inefficienciesthat prior art devices have add to constrain the true attributes of anyof the possible the 801 materials when they have been (prior artdevices) used in a typical circuit system.

Use of a properly coupled, typical energy-conditioning arrangement,among others in the same circuit generally allows for a balanced,proportional symmetry of energy portions interaction scheme to beachieved by way of complementary energy portion propagations that areoccurring within an AOC 813 of a typical conditioning arrangement oramalgam.

Therefore, a typical conditioning arrangement or amalgam as a whole,allows 801 materials to produce or yield an energy-conditioning functionsubstantially closer to an ideal state of material 801 designed forperformance that was normally masked (by prior art) as these 801materials were functioning for a give circuit system.

The result, among others, is that in some cases, an observation can bemade as to a simultaneously minimization upon portions of a typical 801material's hysteresis along with control of 801 material's piezoelectriceffects as a result of the absence of the un-balanced energies orparasitics that would otherwise be observed and normally found in acomparable circuit using prior art.

The simultaneously minimization of typical 801 material's hysteresisalong with control of 801 material's piezoelectric effects occursgenerally within the AOC 813 that would otherwise be observed. Thissimultaneously minimization of both hysteresis and piezoelectric effectsis an ability that translates or equals to an increaseenergy-conditioning performance levels for such applications as SSOstates, decoupling power systems, quicker utilization of the passivecomponent by the active component(s) which is also achieved directlyattributed to these stress reductions and the balanced manner in whichpropagated energy is allowed to utilize a typical embodimentconfiguration.

This situation allows a typical arrangement to appear as an apparentopen energy flow simultaneously on both electrical sides of a commonenergy reference (the first plurality of electrodes or the shielding,energy pathways) along both energy-in and energy-out pathways (theenergy-in and energy-out pathways being relative to a energy-utilizingload and energy source, not necessarily to the embodiment, which in manycases in placed parallel to the energy-utilizing load and energy sourcein bypass configurations as opposed to direct feedthru arrangements.)that are connecting and/or coupling from an energy source to arespective energy-utilizing load and from the energy-utilizing load backto the energy source for the return.

It should be noted that a feedthru electrode could also be in bypassarrangement when the circuit pathway is not solely thru the AOC 813, butis allowed at least the availability to not only go thru an embodimentbut to also bypass a portion of circuitry that would otherwise bring allof the energies thru the AOC 813.

This is a parallel energy distribution scheme that allows the materialmake up of most all of the manufactured energy conditioner and/orenergy-conditioning arrangement elements to operate or function togethermore effectively and efficiently with the energy-utilizing load and theEnergy source pathways located as part of an overall a circuit system.Therefore, the embodiments are also functioning, overall as anintegrated, complementary energy-conditioning network.

A typical energy-conditioning arrangement, among others, can be anelectrode arrangement with other predetermined elements in apredetermined coupled circuit arrangement combination utilizing thenature of a typical energy conditioner's electrode arrangement'sarchitecture, which is the physical and energy dividing structurecreated.

Conductive coupling and/or conductive attachment of the odd integernumbered plurality of electrodes that are shielding to an outerconductive area or portion (isolated or not from the complementarycircuit portions) as well as any complementary electrodes orcomplementary energy pathways not of the shielding pathways can include,among others, various standard industry attachment/coupling materialsand attachment methodologies that are used to make these materialsoperable for a conductive coupling, such as soldering, resistive fit,reflux soldering, conductive adhesives, etc. that are normally standardindustry accepted materials and processes used to accomplish standardconductive couplings and/or couplings.

Conductive coupling and/or conductive attachment techniques and methodsof a specific embodiment or a specific embodiment in circuitarrangements, among others to an outer energy pathway can easily beadapted and/or simply applied in most cases, readily and without anyadditional constraints imposed upon the user. Conductive coupling ofelectrodes either together or as a group to an outer common area orportion and/or pathway allows optimal energy-conditioning functionalityto be provided in most cases by a typical energy conditioner and/orenergy-conditioning arrangement, among others to be operable. Theseenergy-conditioning functions include but are not limited to mutualcancellation of induction, mutual minimization of energy parasiticsoperable from opposing conductors while providing passive componentcharacteristics.

It should be noted that there are at least three shielding functionsthat generally occur within typical energy conditioner or electrodearrangement, among others because of the amalgamated plurality ofelectrodes when conductively coupled to one another are used forshielding, some functions dependant upon other variables, more thanothers are. First, a physical shielding function such as RFI shieldingwhich is normally the classical “metallic barrier” against most sorts ofelectromagnetic fields and is normally what most people believeshielding actually is, however this metallic barrier appears as generalcontributor to the overall performance of the three shielding functionsused.

Another shielding function used in a typical embodiment, among others iscan be broken into a predetermined positioning or manner of the relativepositional relationship and a relative sizing relationship both betweenthe shielding, electrodes respective of and relative to thepredetermined positioning or manner of the relative positionalrelationship and a relative sizing relationships of the contained andoppositely paired complementary electrode pathways.

These oppositely paired complementary electrode pathways are operableinset of the shielding, electrodes' conductive area or portion relativeto the conductive portion of each of the paired complementary electrodepathways' conductive portion as they are each normally positionedsandwiched between at least two shielding electrodes in a reversemirroring sandwiching against its paired complementary electrode pathwaymate that is normally the same shape and size in their respectivecompositions as general manufacturing tolerances will allow.

The physical shielding of paired, electrically opposing and adjacentcomplementary electrode pathways portion of the second shieldingfunction is accomplished by the size of the common electrode pathways inrelationship to the size of the complementarily electrodepathway/electrodes and by the energized, electrostatic suppressionand/or minimization of parasitics originating from the sandwichedcomplementary conductors, as well as, preventing outer parasitics notoriginal to the contained complementary pathways from converselyattempting to couple on to the shielded complementary pathways,sometimes referred to among others as parasitic coupling.

Parasitic coupling is normally known as electric field (“E”) couplingand this shielding function amounts to primarily shielding the variousshielded electrodes electrostatically, against electric fieldparasitics. Parasitic coupling involving the passage of interferingpropagating energies because of mutual and/or stray parasitic energiesthat originate from the complementary conductor pathways is normallysuppressed within a new, typical electrode arrangement. The typicalenergy conditioner or electrode arrangement, among others blockscapacitive coupling by almost completely enveloping the oppositelyphased conductors within universal shielding structure with conductivehierarchy progression that provide an electrostatic and/or Faradayshielding effect and with the positioning of the layering andpre-determined layering position both arranged, and co-planar(inter-mingling).

Coupling to an outer common conductive portion not conductively coupledto the complementary electrode pathways can also include portions suchas commonly described as an inherent common conductive portion such aswithin a conductive motor shell, is not necessarily attached and/orcoupled (conductively) to a conductive chassis and/or earth energypathway and/or conductor, for example, a circuit system energy return,chassis energy pathway and/or conductor, and/or PCB energy pathwayand/or conductor, and/or earth ground. The utilization of the sets ofinternally located common electrodes will be described as portions ofenergy propagating along paired complementary electrode pathways, theseenergy portions undergo influence by a typical energy conditioner, amongothers and/or energy-conditioning assemblies' AOC 813 and cansubsequently continue to move out onto at least one common externallylocated conductive portion which is not of the complementary electrodepathways pluralities and Therefore, be able to utilize thisnon-complementary energy pathway as the energy pathway of low impedancefor dumping and suppressing, as well as blocking the return of unwantedEMI noise and energies from returning back into each of the respectiveenergized circuits.

Finally, there is a third type of shielding that is normally more of aenergy conductor positioning ‘shielding technique’ which is normally acombination of physical and dynamic shielding that is used againstinductive energy and/or “H-Field” and/or simply, ‘energy field coupling’and is normally also known as mutual inductive cancellation and/orminimization of portions of “H-Field” and/or simply, ‘energy field’energy portions that are propagating along separate and opposingelectrode pathways. However by physically shielding energy whilesimultaneously using a complementary pairing of electrode pathways witha predetermined positioning manner allows for the insetting of thecontained and paired complementary electrode pathways within an area orportion size as that is normally constructed as close as possible insize to yield a another type of shield and/or a ‘shielding technique’called an enhanced electrostatic and/or cage-like effects againstinductive “H-Field” coupling combining with mutual cancellation alsomeans controlling the dimensions of the “H-Field” current loops in aportion of the internally position circuit comprising various portionsof propagating energies.

Use of a specific embodiment, among others can allow each respective,but separate circuits operating within a specific embodiment, amongothers to utilize the common low impedance pathway developed as its ownvoltage reference, simultaneously, but in a sharing manner while eachutilizing circuit is potentially maintained and balanced within in itsown relative energy reference point while maintaining minimal parasiticcontribution and/or disruptive energy parasitics ‘given back’ into anyof the circuit systems contained within a specific embodiment, amongothers as it is normally passively operated, within a larger circuitsystem to the other circuits operating simultaneously but separatelyfrom one another.

A typical electrode shielding arrangement or structure will within thesame time, portions of propagating circuit energies will be providedwith a diode-like, energy blocking function of high impedance in oneinstant for complementary portions of opposing and shielded energiesthat are propagating contained within portions of the AOC 813 withrespect to the same common reference image, while in the very sameinstant a energy void or a function of low impedance for energy portionsopposite the instantaneous high impedance for energy portions isoperable in an instantaneous, high-low impedance switching state, thatis occurring instantaneously and a symmetrically correspondingly, mannerstraddling opposite sides of the common energy pathway in a dynamicmanner, at the same instant of time, all relative for the portions ofcomplementary energies located opposite to one another in a balanced,symmetrically correspondingly manner of the same, shared shieldingarrangement structure, as a whole, in an electrically, harmoniousmanner.

Sets of internally located common electrodes are conductively coupled tothe same common externally located conductive portion not of thecomplementary electrode pathways to allow most circuit systems toutilize this non-complementary energy pathway as the energy pathway oflow impedance simultaneously relative to each operating circuit systemfor dumping and suppressing, as well as blocking the return of unwantedEMI noise and energies from returning back into each of the respectiveenergized circuit systems.

Because of a simultaneous suppression of energy parasitics attributed tothe enveloping shielding electrode structure in combination with thecancellation of mutually opposing energy “H” fields attributed to theelectrically opposing shielded electrodes, the portions of propagatingenergies along the various circuit pathways come together within the AOC813 of a specific embodiment, among others to undergo a conditioningeffect that takes place upon the propagating energies in the form ofminimizing harmful effects of H-field energies and E-field energies(E-field energies also called near-field energy fluxes) throughsimultaneous functions as described within the AOC 813 of each and anytypical embodiments or a specific embodiment in circuit arrangements,among others that also contains and maintains a relatively defined areaof constant and dynamic simultaneous low and high impedance energypathways that are respectively switching yet are also locatedinstantaneously, but on opposite sides of one another with respect tothe utilization by portions of energies found along paired, yet dividedand shielded and complementary electrode pathways' propagation potentialroutings.

FIG. 1 shows a portion of a shielding electrode 800/800-IM which isshowing a portion of a sandwiching unit 800Q as best shown by 800C inFIG. 10 comprising a predetermined, positioned central shared, commonshielding electrode 800/800-IM-C arranged upon a structure materialportion 800-P which comprises a portion of material 801 havingpredetermined properties.

In FIG. 2, the shielded electrodes 845BA, 845BB, 855BA, 855BB, 865BA,865BB are generally shown as the smaller sized electrodes of the twosets of electrodes of the second plurality of electrodes. In thisconfiguration, the smaller sized, main-body electrode portion 80 isbeing utilized by energy portion propagations 813B while the largersized, main-body electrode portion 81 of the shielding electrode800/800-IM-C similar to that of FIG. 1 and similar but not identical ofthe type of single shielding structure (not shown) that would behandling the energy portion propagations 813A moving outward from thecenter portion of the shielding electrode and the AOC 813 portion ofinfluence similar to that depicted in FIG. 1.

Referring again to FIG. 1, moving away, in both directions, from acentrally positioned common shielding electrode 800/800-IM-C, areelectrodes and/or electrode pathways 855BB and 855BT (not shown),respectively, that both simultaneously sandwich in a predeterminedmanner, center shielding electrode 800/800-IM-C. It is important to notethat the main-body electrode portion 81 of each shielding electrode ofthe plurality of shield electrodes is larger than a sandwichingmain-body electrode portion 80 of any corresponding sandwiched shieldedelectrode of the plurality of shielded electrodes. The plurality ofshielded electrodes are normally configured as being shielded as bypasselectrodes, as described herein and/or not, however shielded feedthruelectrodes can be configured, as well, upon the need.

A manufacturer's positioning of conductive material 799 as electrode855BA creates an inset portion 806 and/or distance 806, and/or spacingportion 806, which is relative to the position of the shield electrodes800 relative to the shielded electrodes 855BA. This insettingrelationship is normally better seen and/or defined as the relativeinset spacing resulting from a sizing differential between two main-bodyelectrode portions 80 and 81, with main-body electrode portion 81 beingthe larger of the two. This relative sizing is in conjunction as well aswith a placement arrangement of various body electrode portions 80 and81 and their respective contiguous electrode portion extensionsdesignated as either 79G and/or 79”X”X” herein, most of which arepositioned and arranged during the manufacturing process of sequentiallayering of the conductive material 799 and/or 799”X” that in turn willform and/or result with the insetting relationship and/or appearancefound between electrode perimeter edges designated 803 of a respectiveelectrode main-body portion 80 and the electrode perimeter edgesdesignated 805 of the larger respective electrode main-body portion 81,respectively.

In most versions of the typical energy conditioner or electrodearrangement, among others, main-body electrode 80/81 s can be normallydefined by two major, surface portions, but shaped to a desiredperimeter to form a electrode main-body portion 80 and/or 81 of eachrespective electrode element's material 799 used and to which, normallya general portion size of material 799 can be ordered. These electrodemain-body portion 80 s and/or 81 will not include any electrode portionconsidered to be of the 79G and/or 79”XZ” or 79”XX” lead electrodeand/or electrode extension portion(s) contiguously coupled as defining asize of a typical main-body electrode 80/81.

It should be noted, that the size of most electrode main-body portion 80s and/or the size of most electrode main-body portion 81 s' material 799for any of the respective electrodes can be of the same shape pergrouping (80 or 81), respectively (as manufacturing tolerances allow)within any typical energy conditioner and/or energy-conditioningarrangement (or can be mixed per individual sub-circuit arrangementrelative to another sub-circuit arrangement electrode set) and insettingpositioning relationships can be optional.

To enjoy increased parasitic energy portion suppression and and/orshielding of various parasitic energy portions, the insetting ofcomplementary electrodes having an electrode main-body portion 80 withinthe superposed alignment of larger-sized main-body electrode 81 s.Immuring in the manner utilizing or comprising electrode main-bodyportion 81 s allow the function of parasitic energy portion suppressionto be operable in a very effective manner.

This immuring by insetting of complementary electrode main-body portion80 s within the footprint of the larger electrode main-body portion 81s' allows enhancement of the larger and overall shielding electrodestructure's effectiveness for dynamic shielding (electrostaticshielding) of energies as compared to configurations utilizing anarrangement that does not use insetting of predetermined electrodemain-body portion 80 s within at least the predetermined electrodemain-body portion 80 s of two larger electrodes.

The insetting distance 806 can be defined as a distance multiplier foundto be at least greater than zero with the inset distance being relativeto a multiplier of the spaced-apart distance relationship between anelectrode main-body portion 80 and an adjacent electrode main-bodyportion 81 of the electrodes that comprise an electrode arrangement. Themultiplier of the spaced-apart thickness of the material withpredetermined properties 801 found separating and/or maintainingseparation between two typical adjacent electrode main-body portion 80 sand an electrode main-body portion 81 within an embodiment can also beused as an insetting range determinant.

For example, electrode main-body portion 80 of 855BB can be stated asbeing 1 to 20+ (or more) times the distance and/or thickness of thematerial with predetermined properties 801 found separating and/ormaintaining separation between electrode 855BB's electrode main-bodyportion 80 and adjacent center co-planar electrode 800-IM's electrodemain-body portion 81 similar to that of FIG. 1. This amount or rangedistance or area of insetting is variable for each application, howeverit should always be to a degree to which electrostatic shielding iseffective or where any one adjacent (next to) shielding electrode is notsmaller than any one adjacent (that it is next to) complementaryelectrode or shielded, electrode that is being shielded by it (the anyone shielding electrode).

Electrodes or energy pathways will comprise a main-body electrode 80having at least a first lead or extension portion designated 79”XZ”,”X”= ”B”=—Bypass or “F”—Feedthru depending upon propagation to be used,“Z”=extension of an electrode “A” or “B” and finally, if needed “#”= thenumbered unit where there is a more than one extension portion permain-body electrode. For example, FIG. 1 uses a 79BA as the extension ofelectrode 855BA. A complementary main-body electrode 80 of 855BA, butnot shown having at least a first lead or extension portion as wellwould be designated 79BB, as the first and second lead or extensionportions of electrodes 855BA and 855BB (not shown) are arrangedcomplementary opposite to the other in this arrangement.

It should be noted that the applicant also contemplates various sizedifferential electrodes pairs that would also be allowed between thevarious electrode main-body portions designated as 80 of a plurality ofco-planar arranged, electrodes in any array configuration. Although notshown, the portion and/or layer of a material with predeterminedproperties 801 can include additional co-planar arranged, electrodelayering. Respective outer electrode portion(s) and/or electrodematerial portion 890A, 890B, and/or designated 890”X”, 798-1, 798-2,and/or designated 798-”X” (not all shown) for each plurality ofelectrodes to facilitate common conductive coupling of various sameplurality electrode members can also facilitate later conductivecoupling of each respective plurality of electrodes to any outerconductive portion (not shown), energy pathway (not all shown).

Focusing beyond the electrode extension portions (or simply, ‘extensionportion’(s), used herein) which are contiguous in make-up to eachrespective electrode main-body portion 80 and/or 81, generally,electrode main-body portion 80 s are normally spaced-apart butphysically inset a predetermined distance to create an inset portion 806relative to the electrode main-body portion 81 s. The electrodemain-body portion 80 is normally smaller-sized (compared to the adjacentmain-body shield electrode 81 s) and superposed within the portioncoverage of each of the at least two spaced-apart, but larger electrodemain-body portion 81 s of two shield electrodes with the only exceptionsbeing the electrode extension portion(s) (if any) like 79BA similar tothat of FIG. 1, for example, in that are each operable for a subsequentconductive coupling to a point beyond the electrode main-body portion 80from which it is contiguously and integrally apart of.

It should be noted, that same manufacturing process that might place the79”XZ” or 79”XX” lead electrode and/or extension portions non-integraland/or contiguously at the same time and/or process and could very wellapply, bond, or fuse a non-integral, 79”XZ” or 79”XX” (not shown)portion later, by or during manufacturing of certain other variants of anew electrode arrangement. This later applied extension type is allowedand would utilize such a combination of electrode main-body portion 80and a non-contiguous/integrally produced 79”XZ” or 79”XX” portion thatit would still be need to be conductively coupled in a manner that wouldbe allow substantially the same conditions of usage of the contiguousversion.

There is normally no precise way of determining the exact point where anelectrode main-body portion 80 and/or 81 ends and where a 79G and/or79”XZ” or 79”XX” extension electrode portion begins and/or starts for atypical shielded electrode and/or shielding electrode other than it isnormally safe to say that to define the extension, the electrodemain-body portion 80 for a typical shielded electrode will be consideredto be the portion that is positioned for creating a predetermineddistance and/or an average of a predetermined distance 806 that is foundbetween and/or within the common perimeter and/or the average commonperimeter of a shielding electrode edge 805 of an adjacent shieldingelectrode of the shielding electrode plurality that form commonshielding electrode perimeter edges 805 from common superposedarrangement of a predetermined number of electrode main-body portion 81s which could be any number odd integer number greater than one ofcommon electrode members for shielding the shielded electrode groupingfound within an electrode arrangement embodiment.

Therefore, this is to include at least three shield electrodes forshielding complementary electrodes that are paired within the typicalenergy conditioner or electrode arrangement, among others with respectto the electrode main-body portion 80's of the at least two shieldedelectrodes. The same conductive material 799 can comprise mostelectrodes of the typical energy conditioner or electrode arrangement,among others and thus, while the typical energy conditioner or electrodearrangement, among others can have heterogeneous by predeterminedelectrode materials arranged in a predetermined manner, homogenouselectrode materials 799 are equally sufficient.

There are normally at least two pluralities of electrodes, a firstplurality of electrodes where each electrode is of substantially thesame size and shape relative to one another. These electrodes of thefirst plurality of electrodes will also be coupled conductively to eachother and aligned superposed and parallel with one another. These commonelectrodes are also spaced-apart from one another to facilitate thearrangement of various members of the second plurality in acorresponding relative relationship to one another (members of thesecond plurality of electrodes) within the superposed shieldingarrangement created with the first plurality of electrodes. This meansthat regardless of the rotational axis of a superposed grouping of thefirst plurality of electrodes with respect to the earths' horizon willbe called a stack or stacking of the first plurality of electrodes.

Within this first plurality of electrodes, arrangement, or superposedstacking will also comprise at least portions of 801 material(s) havingpredetermined properties. The number of a configuration of superposedelectrodes of the first plurality is an odd-numbered integer greaterthan one.

These electrodes could also be conductively coupled to one another by atleast one portion of conductive material that provides contiguous andcommon conductive coupling along at least an edge of each electrode ofthe of the common grouping of electrodes that would allow the pluralityto be considered, or to function as a non-grounded single commonconductive structure, a non-grounded shielding conductive cage or anon-grounded Faraday cage. In many configurations, at least two portionsof conductive material will provide contiguous and common conductivecoupling along at least an edge of each electrode of the of the commongrouping of electrodes on at least two portions of grouped edgings andwill be separate from the other. When this portion or portions of thenow shielding structure are conductively coupled to an outer conductivepotential, a state of grounding or reference would be created.

The total number of the second plurality of electrodes is an eveninteger. The electrodes of the second plurality of electrodes can alsomake up two groupings or sets of electrodes of the second plurality ofelectrodes which can be considered divided into two half's of the evennumber of electrodes of the second plurality of electrodes comprising afirst set of electrodes, which are then considered complementary to theremaining set of electrodes of the two half's of the even number ofelectrodes and having a correspondingly paired electrode to each otheras in the case of only two electrodes total, a pairing of electrodes,respectively (It is noted that these sets themselves can be furthercharacterized as at least a first and a second plurality of electrodesof the second plurality of electrodes, in accordance with thedescription below).

The electrodes are spaced-apart from one another. If they are consideredco-planar in arrangement with other electrodes of the first set ofelectrodes of the second plurality of electrodes when found on onelayering, while each electrode of the second set of electrodes ofelectrodes of the second plurality of electrodes is correspondinglypaired to a complementary, oppositely arranged electrode, but on asecond co-planar layering of electrodes. It should be also noted that asdepicted in FIGS. 5D–5C, 6A, and 8A, for example members of either thefirst or second set of electrodes can be co-planar and interspersedamong one another while each electrode of the co-planar electrodes stillas an oppositely oriented counter-part electrode mate on a differentlayering.

It should also be noted that while each shielded, electrode of aspecific complementary pairing of electrodes are of substantially thesame size and the same shape, a second complementary pairing ofelectrodes that are also spaced-apart from one another of generally thesame size and the same shape do not necessarily have to correspond asbeing individually of generally the same size and the same shape asmembers of the first complementary pairing of electrodes as is depictedin FIGS. 3A and 4A

It should also be noted that as part of the overall electrodearrangement in almost any energy conditioner, the first pair ofelectrodes (shielding) and the second pair of electrodes (shielded)maintain an independence of size and shape relationships from oneanother. While the first pair of electrodes and the second pair ofelectrodes of the second plurality of electrodes can comprise electrodesof substantially the same size and the same shape, it is not arequirement. Only as a pair of electrodes, ‘individually’, do anycomplementary electrode pairs need to be maintained as two electrodes ofequal size and shape relative to each other so that a complementaryrelationship is created between specifically paired electrodes.

For another example, while the second pair of electrodes could be thesame size as the first pair of electrodes, the second pair of electrodescould still be of a different shape than that of the first pair ofelectrodes. Again, the converse holds true. Other pairs of electrodesadded beyond the at least two pairs of electrodes would also maintainthis independence of size and shape from that of the first two pairs ofelectrodes as part of an overall, new energy conditioner having anelectrode arrangement.

Continuing, embodiments below, and among others not shown, provide asmall variety of possible electrode combinations, each relative to aparticular embodiment as shown, but universal to the main objective ofthe disclosure. The main objective of the disclosure is to provide ashielding and shielded electrode arrangement with other elementsin-combination for allowing at least two independent and electricallyisolated circuit systems to mutually and dynamically utilize one typicaldiscrete or non-discrete energy conditioner having an electrodearrangement, internally.

Accordingly, the new typical passive architecture, such as utilized by aspecific embodiment, among others, can be built to condition and/orminimize the various types of energy fields (h-field and e-field) thatcan be found in an energy system. While a specific embodiment, amongothers is normally not necessarily built to condition one type of energyfield more than another, it is contemplated that different types ofmaterials can be added and/or used in combination with the various setsof electrodes to build an embodiment that could do such specificconditioning upon one energy field over another. The various thicknessesof a dielectric material and/or medium and the interpositioned shieldingelectrode structure allow a dynamic and close distance relationship within the circuit architecture to take advantage of the conductive portionspropagating energies and relative non-conductive or even semi-conductivedistances between one another (the complementary energy paths).

As depicted in FIGS. 2A and 2B, a specific embodiment like 6000, amongothers can include groupings of predetermined elements selectivelyarranged with relative predetermined, element portioning and sizingrelationships, along with element spaced-apart and positionalrelationships combined to also allow portions of at least twoindependent and electrically isolated circuit systems, as depicted inFIG. 2C to mutually and dynamically utilize, simultaneously, one commoncircuit reference potential or node provided in part by the shieldingelectrode portion of the given energy conditioner and of which thisshielding portion is in conductive combination with a common voltagepotential of a conductive portion located beyond a typical energyconditioner, among others' AOC 813.

When conductive coupling of the plurality of shielding electrodes to anouter common conductive portion found beyond AOC 813 is made usingstandard coupling means know in the art such as solder material (notshown), or resistive fit coupling (not shown) or others is made tophysically and the shielding structure is now enlarged via theconductive ‘meld’ or conductive integration of the now larger shieldingportion that occurs. The shielding electrode structure of electrodes830, 820, 810, 800/800-IM-C, 815, 825, and 835, conductively coupled toelectrode extension portions 79G-1, 79G-2, 79G-3 and 79G4, and then to798G-1, 798G-2, 798G-3 and 798G-4 and then with the final physical actof coupling by standard means known in the art that can include any oralmost all types of coupling methods, processes or conductive materials,etc. (contingent upon a specific chosen application, of course) withconductive portion 007, the portion 007 now functioning as part of atypical energy conditioner circuit arrangement in that a CRN or commonreference node, as depicted in FIG. 2C becomes established duringdynamic or energized operations and the shielding structure elements aresimply the extension of the outer conductive portion 007 now brought inparallel and microns close to paired and opposing circuit pathwayportions for each circuit included a typical embodiment.

Typical energy conditioner configurations shown herein include FIG. 2A,FIG. 3A, FIG. 4A, FIG. 5A, FIG. 6A FIG. 7A, FIG. 8A, FIG. 10 and FIG. 11with embodiments 6000, 8000 and 10000, 1000, 1100, 1201, 1200, 9200, and9210 among others but shown herein, respectively. Of these embodiments,there are at least three types of multi-circuit energy conditionerarrangements that can be defined within this disclosure, a straightstacked multi-circuit arrangement, a straight co-planar stackedmulti-circuit arrangement, and a hybrid of the straight/co-planarmulti-circuit arrangements, each in its own integrated configuration.Generally, an energy conditioner will comprise at least two internally,located circuit portions per circuit system, both of which (eachinternally located circuit portion pairing) are considered to be part ofone larger circuit system, each and not of the other, respectively.

Each circuit portion can comprise portions of a first and a secondenergy pathway, each of which is in some point considered part of atypical energy conditioner, among others itself, within the AOC 813. Forexample, the first and second energy pathways S-L-C2 and L-S-C2 and theS-L-C1 and L-S-C1 of each isolated circuit system, respectively. Thefirst and the second electrode portions of the respective energypathways designated 855BA and 855BB for C1 and 845BA, 845BB, 865BA and865BB for C2 and exist as energy pathways of either the energy source,002=C2, 001=C1 and the energy-utilizing load portions, L2=C2 and L1=C1found for each complementary electrical operation relative to the otheras part of the overall multi-circuit system arrangement 0000. Eachinternally located circuit portion designated 855BA and 855BB for C1 and845BA, 845BB, 865BA and 865BB for C2, respectively is coupled the firstand the second energy pathway portions via extension portions if needed,79BB and 79M, respectively to outer electrodes C2-890BB, C2-890BA,C1-890AA, and C1-890BB (that are external of a typical energyconditioner, among others).

Conductively coupled with portions of the energy conditioner made atpredetermined locations C2-890BB, C2-890BA, C1-890AA, and C1-890BB forexample can be done by a predetermined conductive coupling process ormanner with the materials or predetermined physical coupling techniquesand predetermined materials used in the electrical coupling art, such assoldering, melding, mechanical, chemical or material connection means,methods of which includes all of the standard industry means ofconductive coupling or conductive connection used today or in the futuresolder (not shown) or resistive fitting, (all, not shown), etc. Theseinternal circuit portions can be considered the electrode pathways, orthe complementary energy pathways as described above. Generally internalcircuit portions, as described will not comprise the shield electrodesdesignated 835, 825, 815, 800/800-IM, 810, 820, 830, and 840, of whichthese shielding energy pathways are spaced-apart, and insulated orisolated from a directive electrical coupling by at least a portion acomprising the material having predetermined properties 801 or anythingelse that can provide a space-apart function, insulation or isolation,as needed.

A first and a second circuit systems (C2/C1 of FIG. 2C for example)having the at least two paired, circuit portions respectively, will each(C2/C1—the circuit systems) further comprise at least an energy source,002=C2, 001=C1 and a energy-utilizing load portions, L2=C2 and L1=C1,respectively, for both the at least first energy pathway and at leastsecond energy pathway per circuit, respectively. Each circuit systemwill generally begin with the first energy pathway leading from a firstside of the energy source, which can be considered a supply-side of theenergy source, and then a first energy pathway is subsequently coupledto a first side of the energy utilizing load, which is considered theenergy input side of the energy utilizing load.

It is further recognized that the point of the energy source and thecoupling made to the energy utilizing load is for the first energypathway what is the consideration determinate to calling out that thisposition conductively isolates the first energy pathway electricallyfrom the positioning arrangement of the second first energy pathwaywhich is also physically coupled between the energy utilizing load, andthe energy source as the return energy pathway to the energy source.Therefore, at least the second energy pathway which is found leaving asecond side of the energy source and which is considered the return-outside of the energy utilizing load (after portions of energy have beenconverted by the energy-utilizing load for use or work) and is thencoupled to a second side of the energy-utilizing load, which isconsidered the energy return-in side of the energy source.

The one notable difference of each of the at least three types ofmulti-circuit energy conditioner arrangements called out are; a stackedmulti-circuit energy conditioner arrangement comprises an arrangementthat results in the circuit portions being placed or arranged over theother yet in a relationship that is not necessarily opposite orcomplementary to the other circuit system portion of the electricaloperations that occur. Rather the at least two circuit system portionpairs are oriented relative to the other in an arrangement that allows a“null” interaction between the two separate, circuit systems to takeplace within the same energy conditioner and AOC 813 while both sets ofelectrical system portion pairs are commonly sharing voltage referencefacilitated by the ‘grounded’ the shielding structure that is comprisedof the electrodes of the plurality of shield electrodes that have beencoupled conductively to each other and conductively coupled to anotherwise outer conductive portion, not necessarily of the any onerespective circuit system or pairing.

It is contemplated that in some cases, conductive coupling to oneportion of the complementary energy pathways by one circuit system pairand not the other(s) might be desirable for some users such that thistype of arrangement or biasing of one arrangement verses the other(s) orfavoring one circuit system over another(s) with the conductive couplingof the isolated, shield electrode structure is fully contemplated by theapplicant.

However when conductive isolation of the shielding structure ismaintained, a path of least impedance created with coupling to anon-complementary energy pathway of the circuit systems involved willdynamically create a low impedance energy pathway common to energies ofthe at least two isolated circuit systems as they are operable andarranged for operations relative to the other, such as for straightstacking like embodiment 6000, one above the other relative to at leasta respective positioning that reveals such a stacked or adjacentarrangement between the plurality of shield electrodes.

Referring now to FIGS. 2A–2B, an embodiment of an energy conditioner6000. The energy conditioner 6000, among others is shown in FIG. 2A asan exploded view showing the individual electrode layering formed ordisposed on layers of material 801, as discussed above. A predeterminedembodiment structure of FIG. 2A among others is a predeterminedshielding, electrode arrangement comprising a shielding arrangement ofan odd integer number of equal-sized and equal shaped, electrodesdesignated 835, 825, 815, 800/800-IM, 810, 820, 830, and 840, thatconductively coupled together provide shielding to the smaller sizedcircuit pathway pair portions already named. This shielding arrangementof an odd integer number of equal-sized and equal shaped, electrodes canalso include as well, any optional shield electrodes (not shown) forimage plane shield electrodes designated -IMI“X” and/or -IMO“X”disclosed below.

Energy conditioner 6000 can also be seen to comprise at least a firstplurality of electrodes of generally the same or equal-sized and thesame or equal-shaped designated 835, 825, 815, 800/800-IM, 810, 820,830, and 840 and a second plurality of electrodes of generally same orequal-sized and the same or equal-shaped designated 845BA, 845BB, 865BAand 865BB for C2 and 855BA and 855BB for C1 that are combined inconfigurations various single or sub-plurality of electrodeconfigurations (such as 845BA, 845BB, 865BA and 865BB electrodes) of theoriginal two pluralities of first and second pluralities of electrodesfor a host of the many combinations possible that provide a typicalenergy conditioner, among others with any possible numbers ofhomogeneously grouped, paired electrodes that are also seen as gatheredinto sets of electrodes to comprise the second plurality of electrodeswith the first plurality of electrodes.

As shown in FIG. 2B, energy conditioner 6000 is operable with eightpossible couplings to each respective outer electrode portions, 798-1,798-2, 798-3 and 798-4 and 890M, 890AB, 890BA and 890BB as shown. Ofthese, possible coupling portions energy conditioner 6000 is capable ofbeing coupled to five conductively isolated pathways designated 001A,001B and 002A, 002B and conductive area 007 as shown in FIG. 2C.Therefore, 798-1, 798-2, 798-3 and 798-4 can be coupled conductive area007, respectively, and 001A, 001B to 890M, 890AB, respectively and 002A,002B to 890BA, 890BB respectively, (or for example, or the converse of001A, 001B to 890BA, 890BB, respectively and 002A, 002B to 890M, 890AB,respectively) as each pair complementary pathways form two 1-degree to180-degree circuit paired orientations (this meaning to what ever degreeor range orientation that is physically possible to be ofmanufacturability to then be dynamically operable, of course) of atleast two independent and electrically isolated circuit systems (C2/C1)to mutually and dynamically utilize energy conditioner 6000 independentof the other in an null fashion with respectively as later depicted inFIG. 2C.

It should be noted that in other examples 798-1, 798-2, 798-3 and 798-4can be coupled conductive area 007, respectively, and 001A, 001B to890AA, 890AB, respectively and 890BA, 890BB respectively for a singlecircuit attachment scheme to only C1 for example, among others.

There are also many ways to describe the same typical embodiment. Thus,many approaches or labels still arrive with the same final embodiment.For example, embodiment 6000, among others, can be described in a firstcombination of the number of plurality configurations or combinationspossible for a typical energy conditioner is one that includes the firstplurality of electrodes, along with the second plurality of electrodeswhich is divided into at least two or four directional, more pairedorientations that could include as is the case for a configuration 6000,at least one electrode of 855BA, 855BB, 865BA and 865BB with itsrespective extension 79”XZ” or 79”XX” facing at least one of fourpossible 90 degree orientations just like hands of a clock, as in a9-O'clock., 12'-O'clock, 3′-O'clock, and 6-O'clock.

Then, for example, embodiment 6000, among others, can be described in asecond combination of the number of plurality configurations orcombinations possible for a typical energy conditioner is one thatincludes the first plurality of electrodes, along with the secondplurality of electrodes which is divided as groupings of complementarypairings with an energized orientation of propagating energies orientedto at least one pairing of clock positions that are 180 degrees from theother, considered in a ‘locked’ pairing or positioned in an orientationrange that is at least considered from not aligned to 90 degreesperpendicular in mutual orientation. In this example, pairings arepositioned in an orientation considered parallel to one another, butmutually unaligned, in relative (to the other's) transverse (from asuperposed alignment of the same axis, for example to a now transversedorientation relative to that same aixis of rotation) or simalar-axis, orrotated positions, up to exactly perpendicular in orientation or “null”or 90 degrees away from the other (in the same axis orientation)orientations relative to one another and not 180 degree oriented set ofelectrodes. If one considers in FIG. 2A, the pairings as just like handsof a clock, as in a 9-O'clock+3'-O'clock arranged “null” (in this case90 degrees) to the 12'-O'clock+6-O'clock set.

Then, for example, embodiment 6000, among others, can be described in athird combination of the number of plurality configurations orcombinations possible for a typical energy conditioner is one thatincludes the first plurality of electrodes, along with the secondplurality of electrodes which is divided into at least two sets ofelectrodes. The first set of electrodes further comprises pairedcomplementary electrodes groupings including complementary electrodes845BA, 845BB and complementary electrodes 865BA, 865BB. The second of atleast two sets of electrodes comprises paired complementary electrodes845BA and 845BB. As later seen in FIGS. 2A and 2C, the first set ofelectrodes of the second plurality of electrodes comprises portions ofthe first circuit of a possible plurality of circuits with complementaryportions utilizing a typical energy conditioner, among others, while thesecond set of electrodes of the second plurality of electrodes comprisesportions of the second circuit of a possible plurality of circuits withcomplementary portions utilizing a typical energy conditioner, amongothers.

The first plurality of electrodes and second plurality of electrodesthat comprise a typical energy conditioner 6000, among others can alsobe classified a plurality of shield electrodes and a plurality ofshielded electrodes. The first plurality of shield electrodes designated835, 825, 815, 800/800-IM, 810, 820, 830, and 840 are also given a GNDGdesignation providing the common shielding structure (not numbered) whenthese are conductively coupled to one another an identifier in terms of79G-”X” electrode extension orientations relative to the 6000 energyconditioner and the second plurality of electrodes designated 845BA,845BB, 855BA,. 855BB, 865BA and 865BB and the location and orientationof their respective 79”XZ” or 79”XX” electrode extensions, discussedabove.

The plurality of GNDG electrodes are operable as shield electrodes andare conductively coupled to each other to function as a single means forshielding at least the second plurality of electrodes. This odd integernumber of shield electrodes will also provide a pathway of leastimpedance for multiple circuit systems (C2 and C1 , in this case) as agroup and when the plurality of GNDG electrodes are commonly coupledconductively to one another as a group or structure and thenconductively coupled to an externally located common conductive portionor pathway 007.

Another combination of the number of combinations of the first primaryand the second primary plurality of electrodes in a configuration 6000has the second primary plurality of electrodes divided evenly into whatis now will be described below as a second plurality of electrodes and athird plurality of electrodes which join the now simply, first pluralityof electrodes as an energy conditioner comprising at least a first, asecond and a third plurality of electrodes that are interspersed withinthe first plurality of electrodes designated 835, 825, 815, 800/800-IM,810, 820, 830, and 840 functioning as shielding electrodes with eachelectrode of the first plurality of electrodes designated generally, asGNDG. This is done to show the ability of any electrode of the firstplurality of electrodes can be shifted in function to act as thekeystone 8”XX”/800-IMC central electrode of the first plurality ofelectrodes and a typical energy conditioner, among others as showngeneral electrode 810 GNDG becoming center shield electrode 810/800-IM-Cof an energy conditioner Oust a two pairing of 845BA, 845BB and 855BA,855BB of embodiment 6000arranged as pairings that are oriented null toone another, in this case null at 90 degrees) in a multi-circuitarrangement with common reference node, CRN of FIG. 2C. Therefore, the8”XX”/800-IMC central electrode of the first plurality of electrodes anda typical energy conditioner can usually be identified as such from atleast a series of cross-sections taken to cut a typical energyconditioner into even halves.

Continuing with FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B, in the sequence of electrodes, eachelectrode of the second and third pluralities of electrodes is arranged,shielded and sandwiched by and between at least two electrodes GNDG ofthe first plurality of electrodes. In addition, each paired electrode ofthe second and third plurality of electrodes is arranged such that thepair of corresponding electrodes sandwich at least one electrode GNDG ofthe first plurality of electrodes. It should be noted that

Accordingly, a minimum sequence of electrodes of the energy conditioner6000 could be a first electrode 845BA of the second plurality of pairedelectrodes arranged spaced-apart, above a first electrode GNDG and belowa second electrode GNDG. A second electrode 845BB of the secondplurality of paired electrodes is arranged spaced-apart, above thesecond electrode GNDG and below a third electrode GNDG. A firstelectrode 855BA of the third plurality of paired electrodes is arrangedspaced-apart, above the third electrode GNDG and below a fourthelectrode GNDG. A second electrode 855BB of the third plurality ofpaired electrodes is arranged spaced-apart, above the fourth electrodeGNDG and below a fifth electrode GNDG. In this minimum sequence, eachelectrode of the second and third pluralities of electrodes isconductively isolated from each other and from the first plurality ofelectrodes GNDG.

As seen similar to that of FIG. 1, in FIG. 2A, the electrode 855BA hasits main-body electrode portion 80 sandwiched by main-body electrodeportion 81 s of electrodes 800/800-IM and 810, respectively andsimultaneously. Therefore, since the shield main-body electrode portion81 s are of generally the same size and same shape, (which is alsomeaning having together a common physical homogeny, substantially perusing standard manufacturing practice and processes allow, or at leasthomogenous in size and shape relative to one another), at the same timeelectrode 855BA is having each large portion side (of two) of itsmain-body electrode portion 80 receiving the same portion of shieldingfunction relative to the other, the electrode edge 803 of its main-bodyelectrode portion 80, is kept within a boundary ‘DMZ’ or portion 806established by the sandwiching perimeter of the two superposed andaligned shield main-body electrode portion 81 s with their electrodeedge 805 s of the now commonly coupled shielding, electrodes 800/800-IMand 810, both of the first plurality of electrodes.

Referring now to FIG. 2B, the energy conditioner 6000, among others isshown in an assembled state. Outer electrode portions 798-1, 798-2,798-3, and 798-4 and 890AA, 890AB, 890BA and 890BB are arrangedseparated around the conditioner body. The common shielding electrodesGNDG comprise a plurality of coupling electrode portion(s) or extensionportions 79G-1 (shown in FIG. 2A) which are conductively coupled to aplurality of outer electrodes 798-1 thru 798-4 in a discreet version of6000. A non-discrete version might not have these outer electrodes, butdirectly couple into a circuit contiguously.

In the minimum sequence of electrodes discussed above, the firstelectrode 845BA of the second plurality of paired electrodes comprises aelectrode extension portion 79BA (shown in FIG. 2A) which isconductively coupled to outer electrodes 890BA and the second electrode845BB of the third plurality of paired electrodes comprises a electrodeextension portion 79BB (shown in FIG. 2A) which is conductively coupledto outer electrode 890BB. The first electrode 855BA of the secondplurality of paired electrodes comprises an electrode extension portion79BA (shown in FIG. 2A) which is conductively coupled to outerelectrodes 890BA and the second electrode 855BB of the third pluralityof paired electrodes comprises an extension portion 79BB (shown in FIG.2A) which is conductively coupled to outer electrode 890BB. It is notedthat the extension portions and the outer electrodes of correspondingpaired electrodes are arranged 180 degrees from each other, allowingenergy cancellation.

In order to increase the capacitance available to one or both of thecoupled circuits, additional pairs of electrodes are added to the energyconditioner 6000, among others. Referring again to FIG. 2A, anadditional pair of electrodes 865BA, 865BB, are added to the stackingsequence which correspond in orientation with the first pair ofelectrodes of the second plurality of electrodes. The first additionalelectrode 865BA of the second plurality of paired electrodes is arrangedabove the fifth electrode GNDG and below a sixth electrode GNDG. Asecond additional electrode 865BB of the third plurality of pairedelectrodes is arranged above the fourth electrode GNDG and below a fifthelectrode GNDG. The first additional electrode 865BA is conductivelycoupled to the first electrode 845BA of the second plurality ofelectrodes through common conductive coupling to outer electrode 890BA.The second additional electrode 865BB is conductively coupled to thesecond electrode 845BA of the third plurality of electrodes throughcommon conductive coupling to outer electrode 890BB. It is noted thatthe additional pair of electrodes could be arranged adjacent the firstpair of electrodes 845BA, 845BB instead of on adjacent the second pairof electrodes 855BA, 855BB. Although not shown, the capacitanceavailable to one or both coupled circuits could be further increased byadding more additional paired electrodes and electrodes GNDG.

FIG. 2C is a multi-circuit schematic that is not meant to limit thepresent energy conditioner in a multi-circuit arrangement to theconfigurations shown, but is intended to show the versatility utility ofthe present energy conditioner in multi circuit operations. An energyconditioner just a two pairing of 845BA, 845BB and 855BA, 855BB ofembodiment 6000 arranged as pairings that are oriented null to oneanother, in this case null at 90 degrees) in a multi-circuit arrangementwith common reference node, CRN, could comprise a first means foropposing shielded energies of one circuit C2, which can comprise (acomplementary portion of C2's overall circuit system and furthercomprising a paired arrangement of correspondingly, reverse mirrorimages of the complementary electrode grouping of electrodes 845BA,845BB as seen in FIG. 2A) and a second means for opposing shieldedenergies of another circuit C1 , which can comprise (a complementaryportion of C1 's overall circuit system and further comprising a pairedarrangement of correspondingly, reverse mirror images of thecomplementary electrode grouping of electrodes 855BA, 855BB as seen inFIG. 2A) having elements individually shielded as members of a pairedarrangement of correspondingly, reverse mirror images of thecomplementary electrode grouping of electrodes of both C2's and C1 'srespective circuit portions as just disclosed by at least the means forshielding (which is at least plurality of shield electrodes of generallythe same shape and the same size that are conductively coupled to oneanother, including at least 830, 820, 810, 800 and 815 with electrode810 becoming 810/800-IM-C of FIG. 2A, for example) and also where themeans for shielding (the plurality of shield electrodes as justdescribed) also shields the first means for opposing shielded energies(as just described) and the second means for opposing shielded energies(as just described) from each other. This is to say that C2's and C1'srespective circuit portions, respectively (as just described) areshielded from the other as at least two respective circuit portions bymeans for shielding as circuit portions (as just described).

FIG. 2C's multi-circuit schematic will also specifically include thewhole body of multi-circuit arrangement 0000 rather than just a smallportion as just described would have a full 3 pairing embodiment 6000 asshown in FIG. 2A coupled in a having two isolated circuit systems C2 andC1, respectively, each having at least a energy source 001=S1, 002=S2and energy-utilizing loads, L2, L1, each C2 and C1 of which iscontributing some complementary portion of itself within the energyconditioner 6000, among others, and sandwiched within and conductivelyisolated to one another between members of the plurality of shieldelectrodes. Each respective internally located circuit portion pairingof 845BA, 845BB, 855BA, 855BB and 865BA, 865BB is coupled at acorresponding first electrode or a second electrode coupling portion890BA and 890BB, respectively.

The isolated circuit system C1 is respectively coupled from energysource 001 to energy-utilizing load L-1 by the S-L-C1 (energy source toenergy-utilizing load—circuit 1) outer pathway portion and the L-S-C1(load to source—circuit 1) outer pathway portion of the respectivecomplementary energy pathways existing from the energy source 001 to theenergy-utilizing load L1 and arranged or positioned and conductivelycoupled (not fully shown) relative to the other on each respective sideof the L1 and S1 for complementary electrical operations relative to theother and on the other side at energy source to the energy-utilizingload side of C1 ).

The isolated circuit system C2 is respectively coupled from energysource 002 to energy-utilizing load L-2 by the S-L-C2 (energy source toenergy-utilizing load—circuit 2) outer pathway portion and the L-S-C2(energy-utilizing load to energy source—circuit 2) outer pathway portionof the respective complementary energy pathways existing from the energysource 002 to the energy-utilizing load L2 and arranged or positionedand conductively coupled (not fully shown) relative to the other on eachrespective side of the L2 and S2 for complementary electrical operationsrelative to the other and on the other side at energy source to theenergy-utilizing load side of C2).

The C1 /C2 isolated circuit systems are respectively coupled on a firstside of the circuit (each respective circuit side) to an outer electrodeportion(s) 890AA, 890BA on the S-L-C”X” as shown in FIG. 2C andrespectively coupled on a second side of the circuit (each respectivecircuit side) to an outer electrode portion(s) 890AB, 890BB on theL-S-C”X” as shown in FIG. 2C, which are made by and at a simpleconductive coupled portion of each circuit side using a physicalcoupling method and/or material known in the art per respective circuitportion, such as a solder material coupling for example (not shown).This physical coupling, designated the same for location and method arenormally paired to complementary sides of each respective circuit.

Therefore, C1-890AA and C1-890AB and the C2-890BA and C2-890BB are shownas the respective identifiers designating that a respective,conductively coupled connection is made. For example, when C1-890AA ismade for the 890AA outer electrode portion coupling with an outer energypathway S-L-C1. This side of the circuit is the pathway by going fromthe first side of S1 energy source to a first side of the L1energy-utilizing load as an ‘energy-in’ pathway. When C1-890AB is madefor the 890AB outer electrode portion coupling with an outer energypathway L-S-C1. This side of the circuit is the pathway by going backfrom second side of L1 Energy-utilizing load going to a second side ofthe 001 Energy source as an energy-return pathway.

For the Circuit 2 or the C2, or C”X” systems, the appropriatedesignations have identical elements but are the changed on theidentifiers which are substituted from C1 to C”X” or C2 for FIG. 2C.When C2-890BA is made for the 890BA outer electrode portion couplingwith an outer energy pathway S-L-C2. This side of the circuit is thepathway by going from the first side of S2 energy source to a first sideof the L2 energy-utilizing load as an energy-in pathway. When C2-890BBis made for the 890BB outer electrode portion coupling with an outerenergy pathway L-S-C2. This side of the circuit is the pathway by goingback from second side of L2 Energy-utilizing load going to a second sideof the 002 Source as an energy-return pathway.

It should be noted that for almost any typical embodiment arrangement,each circuit system portion of a plurality of circuit system portions,comprises, (conductively isolated or not), at least two, line toreference (or ground) conditioning relationships (either any same two,line to reference (or ground) relationships, consisting of a pluralityof each: a capacitive, an inductive or a resistive, line to reference(or ground) relationships). These at least two, line to reference (orground) conditioning relationships are operable between each of the atleast two complementary electrodes and the same shielding electrode,respectively where the at least two complementary electrodes sandwichthe same electrode between themselves, respectively, (usuallysandwiching a larger-sized electrode that is not of any complementaryelectrode pairings.). Thus, at least a first reference (or ground)relationship operable between a first complementary electrode of the atleast two complementary electrodes and a first shielding electrode, andat least a second reference (or ground) relationship that is operablebetween a second complementary electrode of the at least twocomplementary electrodes and the first shielding electrode.

In addition, it should be noted that for any same typical embodimentarrangement having the at least two, line to reference (or ground)conditioning relationships as just described, the same circuit systemportion of a plurality of circuit system portions, comprises,(conductively isolated or not), at least one line to line conditioningrelationship comprising at least a capacitive, an inductive or aresistive, line to line relationship that is operable between at leastthe same at least two complementary electrodes.

It is also noted that the respective and relative, energy conditioningrelationship value (e.g. measured capacitance available for therespective circuit portion of the plurality of circuit portions, forexample) of the at least one line-to-line energy conditioningrelationship value is generally in a range of at least any percentage ofthe given value that is from 1% to 99% less for a same-type energyconditioning relationship value (e.g. capacitance for example) then thatof any one line-to-reference energy conditioning relationship value ofthe two, line-to-reference energy conditioning relationship values thatcould be measured for a respective and relative individual relationship.

Therefore, if a new typical embodiment like 6000 or not, among otherscomprises at least two circuit system portions (at least two sets ofshielded pairs of complementary electrodes, for example), the typicalembodiment like 6000 or not, among others will comprise at least four,line to reference (or ground) conditioning relationships and at least),at least two, line to line conditioning relationships. This would alsoallow at least two of the at least four, line to reference (or ground)conditioning relationships and at least one of the two, line to lineconditioning relationships to be isolated and attributed to at least afirst circuit system, while the remaining two of the at least four, lineto reference (or ground) conditioning relationships and at least oneremaining of the two, line to line conditioning relationships could beattributed to a second circuit system, respectively.

Finally, shown are outer common electrode portions 798-1, 798-2, 798-3,798-4 internally conductively coupled (not shown) with their respective79G-1, 79G-2, 79G-2 and 79G-4 extension portion (when needed) are alsoshown in FIG. 2B and are conductively coupled common to conductiveportion 007, schematically shown in FIG. 2C to which are now aiding inproviding both a voltage reference node or common reference node (CNR)to energies utilizing the 845BA, 845BB, 855BA, 855BB and 865BA, 865BBpathways, equally via of all 798-1, 798-2, 798-3, 798-4, respectivelyvia extension portions 79G-1, 79G-2, 79G-2 and 79G-4 via the firstplurality of electrodes, comprising as designated 835, 825, 815,800/800-IM, 810, 820, 830, and 840 functioning as shielding electrodesof embodiment 6000.

This 6000 embodiment shielding configuration portion will be facilitatedby the conductive coupling in common or ‘grounding’ of the electrodeshielding structure created (comprised of the electrodes of the firstplurality of electrodes that have been coupled conductively to eachother to be utilized any one respective circuit system, C”X”.) with thelarger conductive portion 007, as described earlier.

One should also note that in the course of being operable for the atleast single of multiple operations of the minimum first two groupingsof three pairs of complementary electrodes spread to comprise twoseparated circuit systems of FIG. 2C as described using a multi-circuitarrangement 6000, conductively isolated coupling of all 798-1, 798-2,798-3, 798-4 with common reference node, CRN comprising at least a firstmeans for opposing shielded energies of one circuit and at least asecond means for opposing shielded energies of another circuit andhaving a means for shielding the first and the second means for opposingshielded energies both individually and from each other, respectively atleast two (2) sets of capacitive networks are created individually andrespectively by C2 and C1 , each. Therefore, each capacitive networkfurther comprises at least one line to line capacitor and two, line toreference line or ‘GnD’ capacitors each, per circuit system that arealso integrated as a unit X2Y-1 and unit X2Y-2, respectively, asdepicted in FIG. 2A within the same energy conditioner, all generally asa result of what is mutually shared. (reference line being commonconductive portion 007, GnD or reference potential 007 that is mutuallyshared by both C2 and C1 , a result of energization of the (2) isolatedcircuit arrangements and their respective amalgamated portions, asdescribed.)

Although FIG. 2A depicts a electrically null arrangement positionoperable to being at least 90 degrees out of phase in electricaloperation, between C2 and C1, as an electrically null arrangementposition is considered active during at least one energized staterelative of one system to either a non-energized or energized state ofanother between C2 and C1, for example.

In this particular configuration, although FIG. 2A is at a 90 degreephysical angle that C2 and C1 that is equal to relative to the other,physically this 90 degree angle is not a limit, and any otherdirectional position that allows even a partial electrically nullarrangement to be considered operable for the respective h-field fluxemissions that would otherwise have a detrimental effect to one anotherand this is fully contemplated by the applicant.

For example by placing a stacked or an arranged plurality of circuitsnot necessarily 90 degrees physically oriented away from the other andplacing them in a vertical separation of distance that effectivelyaccomplishes the same or even a partial nulling effect function issatisfactory. Adding additional 801 material layerings with or withoutadditional -IMI-”X” shielding electrodes for example, is one say thiscould be done (not shown)

Therefore, a null position relative to the at least two isolated circuitportion pairs could be anywhere from 1 degree to 90 degrees electricallyrelative on at least two or even three axis's of positioning from arelative center point respective to the 8”XX”/-IMC center shieldingelectrode to develop a first position and a second position to determinea electrically null relationship and its degree of relative effect orinterference between at least two directional field flux positions ofeach of the respective isolated circuit portion pairs found within anew, typical energy conditioner.

Accordingly, relative on at least two or even three axis's ofpositioning from a relative center point respective to the 8”XX”/-IMCcenter shielding electrode, when energized a typical energy conditioner,among others will allow partial or full “null effect” to occur uponenergy fields (if any) interacting with one another along respective apair of isolated circuit system portions, in accordance almost anycomplementary bypass and/or feedthru electrode pathway(s) can operatewithin a specific embodiment, among others, in a “paired electricallyopposing” as complementary bypass and/or feedthru electrode pairings ina manner in which is anywhere in a physically orientation from anywherebetween at least 1 to 180 degrees apart from one another, relative topositioning of the interposing shielding electrodes of a typical energyconditioner, among others.

This first plurality of electrodes are also coupled conductively to oneanother and as five members of the first plurality of electrodes havebeen commonly coupled to become or to function as a single, andgenerally uniform shielding structure that provides each sandwich,respective shielded electrode generally the same amount of shieldingportion to each respective large side of at least two opposing portionsof the shielded, electrode or energy pathway receiving physicalshielding.

Therefore, the circuit system (C1) energy pathways 845BA, 865BA,respectively, now complementarily paired to 845BB, 865BB, while circuitsystem (C2) operates with complementary electrodes 855AB and 855BB areelectrically null to one another as a plurality of two isolatedcircuits, simultaneously.

By utilizing these seven shielding members 830, 820, 810, 800, 815, 825and 835 of the first plurality of electrodes that have been coupledconductively to one another to function as a single cage-like shieldingstructure or grouped shield, the first plurality of electrodes providesboth physical and dynamic shielding (electrostatic shielding) ofportions of energies utilizing complementary conductors 845BA, 865BA,845BB, 865BB, 855AB and 855BB, respectively.

Overall, embodiment 6000 in-turn will be operable coupled to C2 and C1systems in establishing or creating a static complementary physicalrelationship considered as a symmetrical corresponding oppositeorientation arrangement relationship between the two complementaryenergy pathways. For example in these relationships as pairs in C2 areenergy pathways 845BA, 865BA, respectively and complementarily andcorrespondingly paired to 845BB, 865BB, while C1 operates withcomplementary and correspondingly paired electrodes 855AB and 855BB. Astwo sets of paired circuit system portions comprising these pairedelectrodes, respectively, the sets of paired circuit system portions arethe groupings that form the electrically null relationships to oneanother. In this instance all electrodes shown are of generally the sameshape and size, overall both generally match up or correspond relativeto the other so as to match ‘face to face’ with their opposing surfaceportions of each respectively with the other. This is not needed throughout.

This is a balanced, corresponding physical and complementaryrelationship between the C2 energy pathways 845BA, 865BA respectivelyand complementarily paired to 845BB, 865BB, while C1 operates withbalanced, corresponding physical and complementary relationship betweencomplementary electrodes 855AB and 855BB.

All while operating electrically null to one another in as depicted inFIG. 2C, which allows portions of energy found on opposite sides of agiven circuit system to be independent and dynamic relative to a circuit(C1 or C2, for example) yet as sets of paired circuit system C1 and C2energies are propagating to the degree that at the same time, twooppositely phased, energy portions will be practicable or operable nullto one another. Yet simultaneously, these same portions are utilizingone of the two pairs of respective C2 energy pathways pairs, while in C1energies of this system are utilizing one pair of respective C2 energypathways pairs to one another in a balanced and mutually complementarydynamic relationship with respect relative to the other at energization.

Generally, operations of a typical energized energy conditionerarrangement is in dynamic operation to establish and maintain asubstantially balanced and ongoing, sustainable complementary electricalconditioning operation for these and any subsequent energies utilizingthis AOC 813 within a portion of a single of multiple energized circuitsystem. In each circuit system (C1/C2, etc.) paired energies portionswith respect to the other establish a mutual h-field propagations thatcancel one another according to rules establish by the science beginningwith Ampere's Law and including the life's work of Faraday, Maxwell,Tesla, Einstein, Planck and the others that state collectively thatsymmetrical opposing forces can effectively be cancelled upon theinteraction or co-mingling of the two corresponding portions and canalso be maintained as ongoing for any of the ensuing energy portionspropagating within the dynamic.

Use of the embodiment will provide the plurality of circuits with anessentially a structurally balanced composition of generally equalcapacitance layerings (generally equal capacitance is not necessarily)located between each of the opposing, paired energy pathways within theembodiment, in a generally balanced, electrical manner.

Transformers are also widely used to provide common mode (CM) isolationand depend on a differential mode transfer (DM) across their input tomagnetically link the primary windings to the secondary windings intheir attempt to transfer energy. As a result, CM voltage across theprimary winding is rejected: One flaw that is inherent in themanufacturing of transformers is propagating energy source capacitancebetween the primary and secondary windings. As the frequency of thecircuit increases, so does capacitive coupling; circuit isolation is nowcompromised. If enough parasitic capacitance exists, high frequency RFenergy (fast transients, ESD, lighting, etc.) may pass through thetransformer and cause an upset in the circuits on the other side of theisolation gap that received this transient event. Depending on the typeand application of the transformer, a shield may be provided between theprimary and secondary windings. This shield, coupled to a common energypathway reference source, is designed to prevent against capacitivecoupling between the multiple sets of windings.

With respect to a new typical embodiment arrangement, each singlecircuit portion of a complementary circuit portion pairing of a largercircuit system is utilized by propagating energies in which theseenergies give off energy fields. Because of their close proximity inphysical arrangement in the differential pairing, propagating energiesinteract with one another mirroring in their own proportionality thecomplementary symmetrical circuit portion pairing of circuit systempathways. Therefore, these proportional propagating energies are forceto act in a mutually opposing manner with one another and hence theyundergo a mutual cancellation of field's effect due to this closeproximity of mutual but opposite propagation operations, just asdescribed. The complementary symmetrical paired electrodes of a pairedgrouping also provide an internally balanced opposing resistance loadfunction for each respective single circuit portion of a complementarycircuit portion pairing of a larger circuit system or separate circuitryfound utilizing a typical new energized embodiment. Thus, a typicalembodiment also functions overall or mimics the functionality of atleast one electrostatically shielded transformer per circuit systemportion per embodiment. A typical new embodiment improves upon andreduces the need for transformers in a typical transformer-requiredcircuit portion. A typical new embodiment can be utilized in someapplications for its energy-conditioning ability as a substitute for thefunctionality of at least one electrostatically shielded transformer perpaired circuit system portion. A new typical embodiment effectively usesnot just a physical and relative, common electrode shield or shields tosuppress parasitics, it also uses its relative positioning of commonshield or shields, (the differential paired electrode or circuit portionpairing/layering) and a conductive coupling to a common conductive areain combination to effectively function like a transformer. If a circuitsystem portion is being upset by transients, this type ofelectrostatically shielded, transformer function of a typical newembodiment can be effective for transient suppression and protectionsimultaneously while also working as a combined differential mode andcommon mode filter. The shielding electrode structure should normally becoupled conductively to one common energy pathway.

A straight stacked, multi-circuit operable energy conditioner comprisesan electrode arrangement of at least two pluralities of electrodes. Thefirst plurality of electrode pathways of the two pluralities ofelectrode pathways comprises electrodes that are considered shieldelectrodes within the arrangement. The first plurality of electrodepathways can be homogeneous in physical composition, appearance, shape,and size to one another. Within a vertical or straight stacked,arrangement, members of the first plurality of electrode pathways willbe arranged or positioned superposed relative to one another such thatperimeter edges 805 are even and aligned with one another. Each energyconditioner multi-circuit arrangement of the at least threemulti-circuit energy-conditioning arrangements will each utilize asingle common conductive portion as a circuit reference node, CRN duringenergized operations, and as a common coupled energy potential forgrounding of the common shielding electrode structure of anymulti-circuit energy-conditioning arrangement.

In some cases, for stacked multi-circuit energy-conditioningarrangements will comprise the isolated circuit arrangement portionsspread horizontally or co-planar, relative to one another and notnecessarily stacked over the other. Operational ability of a specificembodiment or a specific embodiment in circuit arrangements, amongothers, refers to conditioning of complementary propagations of variousenergy portions along pairings of basically the same-sized, and/oreffectively and substantially the same size, complementary conductorsand/or electrodes and/or electrode pathway counterparts, (with bothelectrode pathways) will for the most part, be physically separatedfirst by at least some sort of spacing between electrodes whether thespacing be air, a material with predetermined properties and/or simply amedium and/or matter with predetermined properties. Then theconditioning of complementary energy portion propagations will for themost part, also be separated by an interposing and physically largerpositioning of a commonly shared, plurality of energy conductors orelectrode pathways that are conductively coupled to one another and arenot of the complementary electrode pathway pairs, as just describedabove. One should note that this structure becomes a grounded, energypathway structure, a common energy pathway structure, a commonconductive structure or a shielding structure that functions as agrounded, Faraday cage for both the sets of energy portions utilizingthe complementary conductors and the complementary conductors of aspecific embodiment or a specific embodiment in circuit arrangements,among others is normally capable of conditioning energy that uses DC,AC, and AC/DC hybrid-type propagation of energy along energy pathwaysfound in energy system and/or test equipment. This includes utilizationof a specific embodiment or a specific embodiment in circuitarrangements, among others to condition energy in systems that containmany different types of energy portion propagation formats, in systemsthat contain many kinds of circuitry propagation characteristics, withinthe same energy system platform.

The applicant contemplates additional numbers of centrally positionedcommon energy pathway electrodes 8”XX”/8”XX”-IMCs totaling to an oddnumber integer that can be added to the existing central positionedcommon energy pathway electrode 8”XX”/8”XX”-IM-C common electrodepathway as shown to provide specific and distinct features that canenhance or shape the multi-circuit energy-conditioning of the numbers ofseparate and distinct energy circuits contained within. As disclosed inFIG. 3A, FIG. 4A and FIG. 4C, additionally placed, outer shieldingelectrodes designated as -IMO-“X”. Additionally placed, inner shieldingelectrodes designated as -IMI-“X” (with the exception of8”XX”/8”XX”-IM-C) are optional. Additionally placed, outer and innershielding electrodes are also normally conductively coupled to oneanother, the center shield electrode, designated 8”XX”/8”XX”-IM-C, andany other members of the plurality of shielding electrodes in a finalstatic energy-conditioning arrangement. It should also be noted thatmost of these relationships as just described are for two-dimensionalpositioning relationships and are only taken from a two-dimensionalviewpoint depicted in FIG. 4C. material 801 spacing or the spacingequivalent (not fully shown) separation distances designated 806, 814,814A, 814B, 814C and 814D (not fully shown) are always device-relevant.By looking at the cross section provided in FIG. 4C and later in FIG.10, an observer will note the other significant vertical distance andvertical separation relationships (not fully shown), that are of apredetermined electrode and energy pathway stacking arrangement (notfully shown) that is depicted. As shown in FIG. 4C, if only oneadditional common shielding electrode 800-1 is inserted adjacent to800/800-IM common electrode pathway, the balance of the shieldingelectrode structure polarizations will shift and an introduction of apolarity unbalance will occur with respect to each circuit locatedelectrically opposite one another to the common shielding electrodepathways. However, if two additional shielding electrodes 800-1 and800-2 are placed to sandwich common shielding electrode 800/800-IM suchthat this creates a tri-stacking of 800”X” shielding electrodes, thebalance of the shielding electrode structure polarizations for circuitoperation functions will be maintained with respect to the additionalcommon electrode shielding pathways, internally, within 9210 and withrespect to each separate, circuit portion pairing located electricallyopposite one another to the common shielding electrodes. By using thevarious distance and separation relationships designated, 806, 814,814A, 814B, 814C and 814D (not all fully shown) as they arepredetermined with respect to the common shielding electrode stackingarrangement as depicted will also utilize the various effects of closespacing versus the further spacing relationships as previouslydescribed.

With the exception of 8”XX”/800-IM, when used, there are at least eveninteger number, or one pair of -IMI“X” to be sandwiching the commoncentral shield electrode designated 800/800-IM-C as seen in FIGS. 4A, 4Band 4C, and when used, and of which are together also, are conductivelycoupled to the plurality of shielding electrodes including the commoncentral shield electrode designated 800/800-IM-C in any final staticenergy-conditioning arrangement. With or without any additionallyplaced, inner arranged, common shielding electrodes designated(#-IMI-“X”) in place, any integer number of shield electrodes that is orare arranged as the center or center grouping of shield electrodeswithin the total energy-conditioning arrangement will normally be an oddinteger numbered amount of shielding electrodes that is at least 1,Conversely, the total number of electrodes of the first plurality ofelectrodes or the plurality of shielding electrodes as a total numberfound within the total energy-conditioning arrangement will normally bean odd integer numbered is at least three. Additionally placed, outershielding electrodes designated as -IMO-“X” will usually increase theshielding effectiveness of an energy-conditioning arrangement as awhole. These electrodes help provide additional shielding effectivenessfrom both outside and inside originating EMI relative to theenergy-conditioning arrangement and can also facilitate the shieldelectrodes not designated -IM”X”-“X” which are normally adjacent (withthe exception of 8”XX”/800-IM) a shielded complementary electrode. Inaddition, with the exception of the center shield electrode800/800-IM-C, which is relatively designated as both the centerelectrode of any plurality of total arranged electrodes comprising anenergy-conditioning arrangement, as well as the center electrode of thetotal number of electrodes comprising any plurality of first electrodesor shielding electrodes, the remaining electrodes of the first pluralityof electrodes or as other wise known as the remaining electrodes of theplurality of shield electrodes will be found equally and evenly, dividedto opposite sides of the center shield electrode 8”XX”/800-IM. Thus, thenow two symmetrical groups of remaining electrodes of the plurality ofshield electrodes (meaning excluding the shared center shield electrode800/800-IM-C) will normally total to an even integer number,respectively, but when taken together and added with the center shieldelectrode 8”XX”/800-IM will normally total to an odd integer number ofthe total number of electrodes comprising the plurality of shieldelectrodes to work together when conductively coupled to one another asa single and shared image “0” voltage reference potential, physicalshielding structure.

There will be a need for at least a minimum odd integer number of threeelectrodes functioning as shield electrodes needed in the case ofarrangements using a typical, co-planar or stacked/straight/co-planarhybrid embodiments shown in schemes like FIGS. 3A, 4A, and 7A, amongothers, for example.

For various embodiments like a typical, straight, arranged isolatedcircuit portion scheme like FIG. 2A and FIG. 8A, among others, therewill be a need for at least a minimum odd integer number of fiveelectrodes functioning as shield electrodes.

Both sets of minimum, odd integer numbers of electrodes will perform asan electrostatic shielding structure or means for shielding providingboth a physical shielding function and at least an electrostatic ordynamic shielding function for propagating energy portions along the atleast two sets of paired, conductive and energy pathway portions orelectrode main-body portion 80 s which are each sandwiched and shieldedwithin the means for shielding.

The electrostatic or dynamic shielding function component of the sets ofodd integer numbers of electrodes for any stacking scheme occurs whenthe energy-conditioning arrangement is energized and the odd integernumbered plurality of coupled together electrodes are conductivelycoupled to a common conductive portion or a potential not necessarily ofany of the respective source to energy-utilizing load circuit systemsincluding there respective circuit system energy-in or energy-outpathways. The physical shielding function component of the sets of oddinteger numbers of electrodes for any stacking scheme occurs always fora typical energy-conditioning arrangement, energized or not.

Referring to FIG. 3A, another typical embodiment of a multi-circuitenergy-conditioning component 8000 is shown in an exploded plan view. Inthis embodiment, multiple, co-planar electrodes are positioned on alayer of material 801. In a minimum configuration, component 8000comprises a first paired conductive means for propagating energyportions of at least a first circuit, a second paired conductive meansfor propagating energy portions of at least a second circuit, a thirdpaired conductive means for propagating energy portions of at least athird circuit, and a means for shielding. The means for shieldingshields the first, the second, and the third paired conductive means forpropagating energy portions, individually, and from each other.

The first paired conductive means for propagating energy portions of atleast a first circuit is provided by a first paired complementary set ofelectrodes 845FA, 845FB. The second paired conductive means forpropagating energy portions of at least a second circuit is provided bya second paired complementary set of electrodes 845BA, 845BB. The thirdpaired conductive means for propagating energy portions of at least athird circuit is provided by a third paired complementary set ofelectrodes 845CFA, 845CFB.

The means for shielding the first, the second and the third pairedconductive means for propagating energy portions, individually, and fromeach other is provided by a plurality of electrodes referred togenerally as GNDD. Specifically of the plurality of electrodes Oneelectrode of each pair of the paired complementary GNDD electrodes, 820,810 and 800 comprise the means for shielding and are positioned at apredetermined locations, each disposed on a layer of material 801,respectively. One half of the paired electrodes of each respectivepairing, 845FA, 845BA and 845CFA are disposed co-planar and separatefrom one another on a layer of material 801 designated 845PA. Thecorresponding second electrodes and corresponding paired electrode ofeach respective pairings, 845FB, 845BB, and 845CFB are each disposedco-planar and separate from one another on another layer of material 801designated 845PB is positioned in the same location on a second layer ofmaterial 801.

The first plurality of co-planar complementary electrodes 845FA, 845BA,and 845CFA and the second plurality of co-planar complementaryelectrodes 845FB, 845BB, and 845CFB are interspersed within theplurality of electrodes GNDD. The plurality of GNDD electrodes areoperable as shield electrodes, which are also then conductively coupledto one another by respective outer electrode portions, 798-1, 798-2,798-3 and 798-4 (not fully shown, but see FIG. 3B), to provide a commonshielding structure or the means for shielding discussed above, suchthat the plurality of GNDD electrodes are operable to provide a commonpathway of least impedance for circuit energy portions of either atleast a first and/or at least a second circuit systems, if applicable.

Therefore, a minimum electrode arrangement for a three-circuit systemarrangement could be comprising the plurality of electrodes GNDD(conductively coupled to one another) and the first plurality ofco-planar complementary electrodes which are each spaced-apart from eachother as well as conductively isolated from one another. The secondplurality of co-planar complementary electrodes are each spaced-apartfrom each other as well as conductively isolated from one another, aswell. This also allows the paired electrodes 845FA and 845FB, and 845BAand 845BB, and 845CFA and 845CFA, for example, as members of the firstand the second plurality of co-planar complementary electrodes to becorresponding to one another from oppositely oriented positions that areeach relative to the other and still retain a position in thearrangement that allows paired electrodes 845FA and 845FB, and 845BA and845BB, and 845CFA and 845CFA to be shielded from one another as pairedelectrodes (not co-planar).

It is noted that 845FA and 845FB, and 845CFA and 845CFA electrodes areshown as feedthru electrodes while paired complementary electrodes845BA, 845BB are shown as by-pass electrodes. The co-planar electrodescan be of any combination of bypass or feedthru and is not limited tothe configuration shown.

In another variation, electrodes GNDI are positioned in a co-planarrelationship between the co-planar electrodes, providing additionalshielding and isolation and enhancing a common pathway of leastimpedance for each circuit system coupled and when the GND”X” electrodesare all coupled to a common conductive portion or pathway previouslymentioned. The electrodes GNDD are conductively coupled to outerelectrode portions 798-1-4 discussed below, and when using optional GNDIelectrodes, outer electrode portions 798-1-6 are used as such to allowall plurality of electrodes providing shielding to conductively coupleto each other. Conversely, the each paired electrodes 845FA and 845FB,and 845BA and 845BB, and 845CFA and 845CFA are each conductivelyisolated from each other and from the electrodes of the plurality ofGND”X” electrodes.

While a minimum, three-circuit configuration has been discussed above,additional electrode pairs and co-planar electrode layerings can beadded for conditioning coupling of additional circuit systems. Referringto FIG. 3A, note that paired electrodes 845CFA, 845CFB are a feedthruvariant referred to as a crossover feedthru electrodes. Although notshown, additional co-planar electrode pairs can be added. Additionalcapacitance can also be added to the component 8000 by adding additionalGND”X” electrodes as well as co-planar layers of corresponding pairedelectrodes 835FA and 835FB, 835BA and 835BB, 835CFA and 835CFB,respectively above and/or below the existing layers.

Referring to FIG. 3B, the multi-circuit, energy-conditioning arrangement8000 is shown in an assembled state. Outer electrode portions arepositioned around the conditioner body. The common shielding electrodesGNDD and GNDI comprise a plurality of extension portions 79G-1-6 (shownin FIG. 3A) which are conductively coupled to a plurality of outerelectrode portions 798-1-6.

The electrode 845FA and 835FA which are superposed to one another whilestill members of other paired electrodes comprises two extensionportions 79”XZ” or 79”XX”, each (shown but not always numbered in FIG.3A) on opposite ends which are conductively coupled to outer electrodes891FA and 891FB, respectively. The electrodes 845FB and 835FB which aresuperposed to one another while still members of other paired electrodescomprises two extension portions 79F”X”, each (shown but not alwaysnumbered in FIG. 3A) on opposite ends which are conductively coupled toouter electrodes 890FA, 890FB.

The electrode 845BA and 835BA which are superposed to one another whilestill members of other paired electrodes comprises one extension portion79B”X”, each (shown but not always numbered in FIG. 3A) on ends whichare conductively coupled to outer electrode 890BB, respectively. Theelectrode 845BB and 835BB which are superposed to one another whilestill members of other paired electrodes comprises one extension portion79B”X”, each (shown but not always numbered in FIG. 3A) on ends whichare conductively coupled to outer electrode 890BA, respectively.

The electrode 845CFA and 835CFA which are superposed to one anotherwhile still members of other paired electrodes comprises two extensionportions 79CF”X”, each (shown but not always numbered in FIG. 3A) onopposite ends which are conductively coupled to outer electrodes 891CFAand 891FB, respectively. The electrodes 845CFB and 835CFB which aresuperposed to one another while still members of other paired electrodescomprises two extension portions 79CF”X”, each (shown but not alwaysnumbered in FIG. 3A) on opposite ends which are conductively coupled toouter electrodes 890CFA, 890CFB. It is noted that the extension portionsand the outer electrodes of corresponding paired electrodes arepositioned generally 180 degrees from each other, allowing optimalenergy cancellation.

Previous embodiments disclosed a typical multi-layer energy conditioneror energy-conditioning arrangement providing multi-circuit couplingcapability by adding electrodes arranged, in a stacking 6000 and byadding electrodes co-planar in a co-planar stacking 8000. A variation ofthese embodiments is a typical hybrid energy-conditioning arrangement10000, which provides multi-circuit coupling capability for at leastthree circuits as shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B. (These multi-circuitembodiments, among others can also be coupled to less numbers of circuitsystems in a predetermined manner.)

Referring now to FIG. 4A, a typical energy-conditioning arrangement10000 is shown in an exploded plan view showing the individual electrodelayering formed or disposed upon layers of material 801, as discussedabove. Conditioner 10000 comprises a first complementary means forconditioning a first circuit, a second complementary means forconditioning a second circuit, a third complementary means forconditioning a third circuit and a means for shielding the first, thesecond, and the third complementary means for conditioning individually,and from each other.

The first complementary means for conditioning a circuit is provided bya first plurality of paired complementary electrodes 845BA1, 845BB1. Thesecond complementary means for conditioning a second circuit is providedby a second plurality of paired complementary electrodes 845BA2, 845BB2.The third complementary means for conditioning a third circuit isprovided by a third plurality of paired complementary electrodes 855BA,855BB. This means for shielding the first, the second, and the thirdcomplementary means for conditioning individually, and from each otheris provided by a fourth plurality of electrodes referred to generally asGNDG, like that of FIG. 2A.

One electrode of each pair of the first and the second pairedcomplementary electrodes are positioned at a predetermined location on afirst layer of material 801. The corresponding second electrodes of eachpair of the first and the second paired complementary electrodes arepositioned in the same locations but they are oppositely oriented on asecond layer of material 801 relative to the first electrodes of eachpair of the first and the second paired complementary electrodes. Thefirst plurality of paired complementary electrodes 845BA1, 845BB1, thesecond plurality of paired complementary electrodes 845BA2, 845BB2, andthe third plurality of paired complementary electrodes 855BA, 855BB areinterspersed within the fourth plurality of electrodes GNDG. The fourthplurality of electrodes GNDG provide the common shielding structurediscussed above such that the fourth plurality of electrodes GNDG areoperable as shield electrodes, which are conductively coupled to eachother and provide a pathway of least impedance as stated with the GNDDelectrodes of FIG. 3A.

A first electrode 845BA1 of the first plurality of electrodes and afirst electrode 845BA2 of the second plurality of electrodes, co-planarto each other, are arranged above a first electrode GNDG and below asecond electrode GNDG. A second electrode 845BB1 of the first pluralityof electrodes and a second electrode 845BB2 of the second plurality ofelectrodes, co-planar to each other are arranged above the secondelectrode GNDG and below a third electrode GNDG. A first electrode 855BAof the third plurality of electrodes is arranged above the thirdelectrode GNDG and below a fourth electrode GNDG. A second electrode855BB of the third plurality of electrodes is arranged positionedoppositely oriented to the first electrode 855BA, above the fourthelectrode GNDG and below a fifth electrode GNDG. In this minimumsequence, each electrode of the first, the second, and the thirdpluralities of electrodes is conductively isolated from each other andfrom the fourth plurality of electrodes GNDG.

Referring now to FIG. 4B, the ‘hybrid’ energy-conditioning arrangement10000 is shown in an assembled state as a discrete component. Outerelectrode portions are positioned around the conditioner body. Thecommon shielding electrodes GNDG comprise a plurality of extensionportions 79G-1, 79G-2, 79G-2 and 79G-4 (shown in FIG. 4A), which areconductively coupled to a plurality of outer electrodes 798-1, 798-2,798-3 and 798-4. The first electrode 845BA1 of the first plurality ofelectrodes comprises an extension portion 79BBA1 (shown in FIG. 4A)which is conductively coupled to outer electrode 890BB and the secondelectrode 845BB1 of the first plurality of electrodes comprises anextension portion 79BBB1 (shown in FIG. 4A) which is conductivelycoupled to outer electrode 890BA. The first electrode 845BA2 of thesecond plurality of electrodes comprises an extension portion 79BBA2(shown in FIG. 4A) which is conductively coupled to outer electrode891BB and the second electrode 845BB2 of the second plurality ofelectrodes comprises an extension portion 79BB2 (shown in FIG. 4A) whichis conductively coupled to outer electrode 891BA. The first electrode855BA of the third plurality of electrodes comprises an extensionportion 79BA (shown in FIG. 4A) which is conductively coupled to outerelectrode 893BB and the second electrode 855BB of the third plurality ofelectrodes comprises an extension portion 79BB (shown in FIG. 4A) whichis conductively coupled to outer electrode 893BA. It is noted that thecoupling electrode portion or extension portions and the outerelectrodes of corresponding paired electrodes are positioned 180 degreesfrom each other, allowing energy cancellation. Also noted, that whilethe corresponding paired electrodes are shown positioned 180 degreesfrom each other, each paired circuit portion of which each correspondingpaired electrode set are comprised in varied orientation relationships.For example, the first and the second plurality of electrodes which makeup a first and a second paired circuit portion, respectively, are alsophysically parallel to one another, side by side in an electrically nullrelationship when energized. This could also be called an electricallyparallel null relationship. In another example, the third plurality ofelectrodes is also the third paired circuit portion, which is physicallyarranged 90-degrees oriented relative to the first and the second pairedcircuit portion, respectively. Thus, the first and the second pairedcircuit portion, respectively are also each in an electrically nullrelationship relative to the second paired circuit portion whenenergized.

While the paired electrodes shown are bypass arranged, this or any otherembodiment, among others, is not limited as such and may include and anycombination of bypass, feedthru, and/or cross over feedthru electrodepairs, just as easily, with minor adjustments of the positioning andnumber of the outer electrodes, if needed. It is noted that the couplingelectrode portion(s) or extension portions and the outer electrodes ofcorresponding paired electrodes are positioned 180 degrees from eachother, allowing energy cancellation.

Although not shown, as with FIGS. 2A, 3A and 4A or the others shown, ornot, the capacitance available to one, two, or most all of the coupledcircuit portions and there respective circuit systems (not shown) couldbe further increased by adding more additional paired electrodes andelectrodes GNDG as previously shown in the earlier embodiments. Itshould be noted the increased distance of separation between 845BA and865BA and 845BB and 865BB increases the capacitance given C2 as opposeda lesser capacitance given to C1.

Referring now to FIGS. 5A–5D, 6A–6B, 7A–7B, and 8A–8B, and to thevarious embodiments shown. These embodiments are depicted as shapedembodiments or more specifically as annulus shaped embodiments. Althoughthe energy pathways or the various electrodes are shaped, the dynamicenergy-conditioning functions among others operate the same as earlierdisclosed embodiments depending on configuration of course. They aresimilar to the earlier disclosed embodiments in that they all comprisein part various energy pathways or electrodes both individually, and asa relative groupings and form portions of circuit system pairingsoperable for propagating energies (not shown) that are utilizing theenergy-conditioning component just as with the previous embodimentsdisclosed herein.

A shaped embodiment such as an annular-shaped embodiment, among otherscan allow the energy-conditioning arrangement to be used in differentapplications such as motors, for example, or anywhere a specific shapeof the energy-conditioning arrangement can add versatility to thepossible coupling accesses of this discrete or non-discrete version ofthe component.

Referring now to FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B, planar and annular-shapedelectrode layering 855BA is shown in FIG. 5A having an annular-shapedmain-body portion 80 of conductive material 799 deposed onannular-shaped material portion 801. Similarly, referring now to FIG.5B, planar and shaped electrode layering 855BB is shown in FIG. 5Bhaving a shaped main-body portion 80 of conductive material 799 deposedon shaped material portion 801.

In these portions of a typical shaped embodiment, among others, shownmaterial 801 while having the annular-shaped form is also larger thanthe shaped main-body portion 80 of conductive material 799 for eachelectrode 855BA and 855BB. The outer perimeter circumference edge 817-Oof material 801 is larger than the outer perimeter circumference edge803-O of the electrode body portion 799 for each electrode 855BA and855BB and forms an outer insulation portion 814-O extending which issimply an portion absent of electrode material 799 along at least onepredetermined portion location adjacent and parallel the outer perimetercircumference edge 803-O of the electrode body portion 799. The innerperimeter circumference edge 817-I of the material 801 is smaller thanthe inner perimeter circumference edge 803-I of the energy pathway orelectrode body portion 799 and forms an inner insulation portion 814-Iextending adjacent and parallel relative to the aperture 000 shown andadjacent and parallel the inner perimeter circumference edge 803-I ofthe energy pathway or electrode body portion 799.

The shaped energy pathway or electrodes of these embodiments alsocomprise at least one energy pathway extension portion (or simply‘extension portion’) that extends outward relative to the aperture 000for electrode 855BB, and extends inward relative to the aperture 000 forelectrode 855BA, or in other arrangements that can be extending bothoutward and inward, from the electrode main-body 80 portion,respectively.

As shown in FIG. 5A, four energy pathway or extension portions 79-I1,79-I2, 79-I3, 79-I4 extend inward relative to the aperture 000 to pastthe inner perimeter circumference edge 803-I of the energy pathwaymaterial portion 799, through the inner insulation portion 814-I to theinner perimeter circumference edge 817-I of the shaped material 801.Conversely, as shown in FIG. 5B, extension portions 79-O1, 79-O2, 79-O3,79-O4 extend outward away relative to the aperture 000 to past the outerperimeter circumference edge 803-O of the electrode body portion 799,through the outer insulation portion 814-O to the outer perimetercircumference edge 817-O of the shaped material 801.

Alternate versions of the planar-shaped, plurality of co-planar energypathways are the disposed electrodes made co-planar or made as co-planarlayerings, isolated from at least one other corresponding layering,respectively, as is shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B. In FIGS. 6A and 6B, onlythe 801 material layerings are annular shaped or are 801 portions withan aperture there thru. Specifically, in these embodiment layers,co-planar energy pathways or co-planar electrodes are shaped as aplurality of shaped main-body portion 80 s. Like any of the energypathway or electrodes disclosed, the shaped sections can be eitherbypass or feedthru electrode applications, having bypass-shaped sectionsand feedthru-shaped sections, intermingled or segregated, co-planar onthe same 801 material layering.

Referring to FIG. 6A, a plurality of by-pass, shaped, electrodesportions 855AB1 and 855AB2, are positioned apart and oppositely orientedrelative to one another in their not necessarily, equal size and shaperelationship as shown (as already disclosed) here disposed on shapedmaterial 801. Bypass shaped portion electrode 855AB1 has an energypathway or extension portion 79-OB1 extending outward relative to theaperture 000 from the outer perimeter circumference edge 803-O of theelectrode body portion 799 of 855AB1 and through the outer insulationportion 814-O to the outer perimeter circumference edge 817-O of theshaped material 801.

Referring again to FIG. 6A, bypass shaped portion electrode 855AB2 hasan energy pathway or extension portion 79-IB1 extending inward relativeto the aperture 000 from the outer perimeter circumference edge 803-I ofthe electrode body portion 799 of 855AB2 and through the outerinsulation portion 814-I to the outer perimeter circumference edge 817-Iof the shaped material 801.

Referring again to FIG. 6A, a plurality of feedthru shaped portionelectrodes 855ACF1 and 855ACF2 are positioned apart and oppositelyoriented relative to one another in their not necessarily, equal sizeand shape relationship as shown (as already disclosed) here disposed onshaped material 801 between the bypass, energy pathways or electrodes855AB1 and 855AB2.

Each feedthru electrode 855ACF1, 855ACF2, has a first energy pathway orfirst extension portion 790CF1, 790CF2, respectively extending outwardand away relative to the aperture 000 and a second energy pathway afirst energy pathway or first extension portion 791CF1, 791CF2,respectively, extending inward relative towards the aperture 000.

Referring now to FIG. 6B, which is the same co-planar electrode layering855AB1 shown repeated except that it is rotated or oriented 180 degreesas compared to FIG. 6A and the feedthru electrode 855ACF1, 855ACF2 havebeen flipped and are now 855BCF1, 855BCF2, respectively, such that whenthe two layerings are positioned arranged over one another, the shapedenergy pathway or electrode portions directly above and below will bepaired complementary to each other.

Referring to FIG. 7A and FIG. 7B, one discrete embodiment 1000 of anenergy-conditioning component using all bypass electrode sectionssimilar to by pass sections of FIGS. 6A–6B is shown as a typicalminimum-layered sequence for coupling to multiple separate circuits.

Complementary pairings of co-planar bypass main-body electrode sections80 in arranged layerings are shown arranged within a plurality of largersized, shaped electrodes 800, 810, 815. Each shaped main-body electrode81 of electrodes 800, 810, 815 is formed on as a larger electrode onmaterial 801 portion 800P, 810P, 815P. Each co-planar electrode layeringcomprises four equally sized main-body electrode portion 80 s having atleast one extension portion 79-“X”, respectively.

Each co-planar electrode layering is arranged between at least twoshaped main-body electrode portion 81 s of shielding electrodes from theplurality of shielding electrodes comprising at least electrodes 800,810, 815. Each shielding electrode of shielding electrodes from theplurality of shielding electrodes has a plurality of extension portions79-“X” contiguous of a main-body electrode portion 81, respectively thatis extending both inward towards and outward away from the aperture 000.A shaped layer of 801 material layer 008 is arranged as the lastlayering after shaped shielding electrode 810, as shown.

It is noted that a shaped energy pathway or electrode 855BA1, 855BA2,855BA3 and 855BA4 of a first co-planar layering is complementary pairedto corresponding, but oppositely oriented, shaped energy pathway orelectrode 855BB1, 855BB2, 855BB3 and 855BB4 of a second co-planarlayering the in a manufacturing stacking sequence, respectively. Thisoccurs when one is taking into account the added area and shapingcontributed by a contiguous 79”X” extension portion(s), respectively.When corresponding pairing occurs in a manufacturing stacking sequenceNot taking into account a contiguous 79”X” extension portion(s),corresponding shaped energy pathways or electrodes from each respectivecorresponding pairing of shaped energy pathways or electrodes aresuperposed, with 803 edges correspondingly aligned, respectively.Therefore, only the contiguous 79”X” extension portion(s) do not receiveshielding of the various shielding electrodes as thoroughly describedearlier in the disclosure and applicable throughout.

Referring now to FIG. 7B, and FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B, one discreteembodiment 1200 of an energy-conditioning component could be usinglayerings of either FIGS. 5A–5B or FIG. 7A as is shown as a minimumouter electrode sequence for coupling to multiple, separate circuits.

A view of the energy-conditioning component 1200 is shown using theminimum layered sequence of FIG. 7A. Each shaped portion electrode855BA1, 855BA2, 855BA3 and 855BA4 of the first co-planar layering andeach shaped portion electrode 855BB1, 855BB2, 855BB3 and 855BB4 of thesecond co-planar layering has at least one extension that is each iscoupled to its own outer electrode 890A–894A, while for the innerextension portions, each is coupled to its respective the innerelectrodes 890B–894B in the minimum layered sequence of FIG. 7A.

Each the respective outer side, extension portion is conductivelycoupled to an outer electrode portion positioned along the outerperimeter circumference edge 817-O and each the respective inner side,extension portion is conductively coupled to an inner electrode portionpositioned along the inner perimeter circumference edge 817-I of theenergy-conditioning component 1200 as shown. The shaped, electrodes 800,810, 815 with each electrodes respective extension portion 79”X” areeach conductively coupled to the respective outer electrode portions798-I(s) and 798-O(s).

Referring now another type of typical annular-shaped embodiment of anenergy-conditioning component of FIG. 8A, is energy-conditioningcomponent 1100, among others, which is shown as a minimum layeredsequence for coupling to at least one or more separate circuit systems.

In one instance, among others, many of the typical embodiments can bedisclosed as an energy conditioner comprising a plurality of superposedelectrodes (thus all electrodes are not only aligned, they are of equalsize and equal shape for shielding) that are conductively coupled to oneanother. Then a plurality of electrodes of which they are all of equalsize and equal shape to one another and will include at least a firstand a second pair of electrodes (all electrodes of this pluralityreceive shielding from being at least sandwiched by at least twoshielding electrodes, respectively), that are each conductively isolatedfrom one another. The electrodes of first pair of electrodes are eacharranged conductively isolated and orientated in mutually oppositepositions from one another (in many cases directly complementaryopposite the other). This is also the same for the electrodes of thesecond pair of electrodes respectively. It is also noted that any oneelectrode of the plurality of superposed electrodes will be larger thanany one electrode of the second plurality of electrodes. Of particularnote, the first and the second pair of electrodes are each arrangedshielded from the other, They are as a pairing, orientated from nowtransversed positions relative to the other. The need for nowtransversed positions relative to the other, among other reasons, aidseffectiveness in the formation of a dynamic null relative relationshipduring conditions of separated, but mutual dynamic operations within theAOC 813 of a typical embodiment. An energy conditioner or electrodearrangement of an energy conditioner as just described can also furthercomprise a material having predetermined properties such as disclosedpreviously in this treatment such the plurality of superposed electrodesand the plurality of electrodes are each as both pluralities andindividual electrodes are at least spaced-apart from one another by atleast the material or portions of a plurality of material portions allhaving predetermined properties.

To continue with FIG. 8, a first plurality of paired and annular-shapedelectrodes 855BA, 855BB, and a second plurality of paired annular-shapedelectrodes 865BA, 865BB, are shown arranged within a third plurality ofannular-shaped electrodes 800, 810, 815, 820, and 825, which themselves(as with this embodiment) are each shaped electrodes of the thirdplurality of annular-shaped electrodes. 800, 810, 815, 820, 825, areeach formed on a equally-sized and shaped 801 material designated 800P,810P, 815P, 820P, 825P, respectively. Each shaped electrode 800, 810,815, 820, 825, has a plurality of extension portions 79G-I”X”s and79G-O”X”s, extending both inward towards, and outward away from theaperture 000, respectively.

In a feedthru/bypass configuration, the paired annular-shaped electrodes855BA, 855BB and 865BA, 865BB, each have at least one extension portionsdesignated 79”X”. Annular-shaped electrodes 855BA, 865BA have at leasttwo extension portions 79-I1 and 79-I2 extending inward towards andrelative to the aperture 000 and annular-shaped electrodes 855BB, 865BB,which have at least two extension portions 79-O1 and 79-O2 extendingoutward away from and relative to the aperture 000.

It is also important to note that the electrode extension portions ofeach respective electrode are coupled to respective outer electrodeportions 890A–894A, while for the inner extension portions of eachrespective electrode are coupled to respective inner electrode portions890B–894B in the minimum layered sequence as shown looking at both FIG.7A and FIG. 7B.

Although not shown, the coupling electrode portion(s) or extensionportions of the paired electrodes could be offset from each other atalmost any relative predetermined angle, such as 90 degrees for example,however, the cancellation effects for noise energies are maximized atopposing 180 degree orientations.

The various groupings of the pluralities of electrodes are arranged in apredetermined manner or a sequence that allows for isolated coupling toat least one or more separate circuit systems. Each shaped electrode ofthe first and second pluralities of annular-shaped electrodes isarranged sandwiched and shielded between at least two annular-shapedelectrodes of the third plurality of electrodes. Accordingly, shapedelectrode 855BA of the first plurality of annular-shaped electrodes isarranged sandwiched and shielded between annularshaped electrodes 825and 815 and shaped electrode 855BB of the first plurality ofannular-shaped electrodes is arranged sandwiched and shielded betweenannular-shaped electrodes 815 and 800. Shaped electrode 865BA of thefirst plurality of annular-shaped electrodes is arranged sandwiched andshielded between annular-shaped electrodes 800 and 810 and shapedelectrode 865BB of the first plurality of annular-shaped electrodes isarranged sandwiched and shielded between annular-shaped electrodes 810and 820. A shaped layer of material 008 is arranged and positioned afterthe last shaped electrode 820 shown here in this typical embodiment.

The stacking sequence shown in FIG. 8A is intended to be a minimumsequence of a manufactured stacking for an energy-conditioning componentcapable of coupling to at least one or more separate circuit systems. Inorder to increase capacitance, additional electrode pairs of either thefirst and/or second pluralities of electrodes can be added as long aseach additional electrode is positioned between two electrodes of thethird plurality of electrodes which provide the shielding for theelectrode pairs as well as a pathway of least impedance for the filteredenergy as discussed in detail above.

Referring now to FIG. 8B, a view of the energy-conditioning component1201 is shown using the minimum layered sequence of FIG. 8A. Eachextension portion is conductively coupled to an outer electrodepositioned along the outer diameter edge and inner diameter edge of theenergy-conditioning component 1201. The annular electrodes of the thirdplurality of electrodes 800, 810, 815, 820, 825 are all conductivelycoupled to outer electrode portions 798-I and 798-O and as such areconductively coupled to each other. Conversely, the paired annularelectrodes 855BA, 855BB, and 865BA, 865BB, are each conductivelyisolated from each other and from the annular electrodes of the thirdplurality of electrodes 800, 810, 815, 820, 825.

In an alternate embodiment of the present embodiment, among others, theannular electrodes further comprise a plurality of apertures serving aseither conductive, non-conductive vias or insulated conductive viasdesignated as 500-1, 500-2, 500-3, and 500-4.

The third plurality of electrodes 800, 810, 815, 820, 825 are each shownconductively insulated from the conductive vias 500-1-4 by a portion ofmaterial 801-I, which could also be simply a portion or area preventingconductive coupling of the aperture to the electrode, shown or notshown. In a typical embodiment, among others shown, one of a pluralityof vias or apertures is conductively coupled to an annular electrode ofone of the first or second pluralities of electrodes, while apredetermined remaining plurality of vias are either conductivelycoupled or insulated from the same electrode, depending upon applicationneeds. Accordingly, each via is at least conductively coupled to atleast one complementary annular electrode in the minimum configuration,but never conductively coupled to a shield electrode. However, it isfully contemplated that there are configurations were this is done andit is fully anticipated and disclosed.

In this embodiment, the electrode extension portions of the first andsecond pluralities of electrodes are optional as the circuit couplingmay be made through the vias. It is important to note that the vias maybe made of a solid conductive material or a conductive aperture ormerely be insulated and non-insulated apertures that allow conductors tobe placed there-thru to be either conductively coupled or insulated tothe various electrodes as desired.

Thus, new embodiments as disclosed, among others, are suitable forsimultaneous electrical systems comprising both low and high-voltagecircuit applications by utilizing a balanced shielding electrodearchitecture incorporating paired, and smaller-sized (relative to thecommon shielding pathway electrodes) complementary pathway electrodes.In addition, new feedthru embodiments as disclosed, among others, canalso be combined with, and suitable for multiple electrical systemscomprising various low and high current circuit applications. It shouldalso be noted that various heterogeneous combinations of either both ormixed same-sized and paired equally-sized bypass and pairedcomplementary feedthru energy pathways that are configured forelectrically opposing, paired operations can be arranged or arrangedco-planar or in a combination of both stacked and co-planar mixed andmatched complementary circuitry pathways using the variety of energyportion propagation modes as described.

Turning to FIG. 9, it should be noted that various types of outerconductive coupling portions for the shielding energy pathways and/orthe complementary energy pathways could be either utilized, all togetheror mixed with embodiment combinations, as just described. These outerconductive coupling portion configurations can include a conductivecoupling of various outer differential pathways (not shown) to an outercoupling electrode portions like 498-SF1(T/B), 498-SF2(T/B), 490A and491A as shown. For example, of the various respective energy portions400, 401, 402, and 403 propagating depicted along outer pathways (notshown) and entering a typical embodiment like 9200 of the FIG. 9drawing. Note that at 498-SF1(T/B) (which is a straight feedthru energypropagation) one possible attachment scheme would allow the outerdifferential energy pathway (not shown) to end at conductive couplingportion top (relative to drawing location) and bottom (relative todrawing location) of each respective 498-SF1 (T/B). In this type ofconductive coupling, portions of propagating energy continue along into797SF1A and out along 797SF1B, respectively, (not shown) which areportions of the internal complementary pathways through an embodiment,among others, to undergo energy-conditioning and then continue outbottom (relative to drawing location) 498-SF1B, shown on a lower portionof the drawing FIG. 9, to upon exit start up along the beginning of thatportion of outer differential energy pathway (not shown) would becoupled. A variation of this conductive coupling and energy portionpropagation scheme, allows the portion of the outer differential energypathway (not shown) that normally ended at entry into an embodiment,among others at 498-SF1T on the FIG. 9 to now also be external andcontiguous so to go underneath 9200, as well as, so to be alsointernally passing thru 9200 between means of conductive coupling points498-SF1T and 498-SF1B, Therefore, allowing portions of propagatingcircuit energy to either pass to the outside of a typical embodiment,among others (not shown) in addition to maintaining the internalfeedthru pathway utilizing an embodiment 9200. Of course, thesepropagation scenarios also go for the 498-SF2(T/B) coupling side, aswell

FIG. 10 shows electrically opposing complementary electrode pairings497SF2 and 497SF1. Each complementary electrode 497SF2 and 497SF1comprises ‘split’-electrodes 497SF2B and 497SF2A, 497SF1A and 497SF1B,respectively, which form straight feedthru complementary electrodescomprising part of a typical embodiment like 9200, among others, of FIG.10. Each ‘split’-complementary electrodes of parent 497SF2 and 497SF1are positioned in such close proximity within an embodiment, amongothers that the pair of ‘split’-complementary electrodes 497SF2B and497SF2A, 497SF1A and 497SF1B work as one single capacitor plate 497SF2and 497SF1, respectively when they are electrically defined.

497SF2B and 497SF2A, 497SF1A and 497SF1B, comprise a unit of two closelyspaced and parallel pairing of thin energy pathway electrode parents497SF2 and 497SF1 elements. These dual plate elements 497SF2B and497SF2A, 497SF1A and 497SF1B respectively, cooperatively to defineelectrically opposing paired set of two complementary energy pathwayelectrode parents 497SF2 and 497SF1 electrode elements of significantlyincreased total electrode skin surface portion that will react to acorresponding increase of current handling capacity of a energizedCircuit 1A without significantly increasing the total volumetric size ofthe overall multi-circuit energy-conditioning structure 9200.

A typical embodiment like 9200 allows the use of these‘split’-complementary electrode pairs, 497SF2B and 497SF2A, 497SF1A and497SF1B are placed in a position of separation 814B by only microns withrespect to one another and as such, will allow portions of propagatingenergies traveling along these energy pathways to utilize the closelypositioned split pairings 497SF2B and 497SF2A, and 497SF1A 497SF1B insuch manner that it will appear within the Circuit 1A (not shown) thateach grouping of ‘split’-electrodes as described is as one singlecomplementary electrode each and yet this can be done without having toconfigure additional common shielding electrodes as well. The advantageof using paired ‘split’-electrodes is that the additional portion gainedby using the additional electrode will significantly increase thecurrent handling ability of the two electrically opposing, complementaryenergy pathway 497SF2 and 497SF1 electrode elements with respective tothe current carrying ability of one paired group of equally-sized,electrically opposing energy pathways without this feature.

While the ‘split’-electrode construction can approximately double thecurrent carrying ability over that of one single paired energy pathwaygrouping, this electrode feature will also allow the voltage dividingfunction of any of an embodiment, among other embodiments like 9200 and9210, among others to further take advantage of an embodiment, amongothers' circuit voltage dividing architecture to increase an embodiment,among other embodiments' own overall current handling ability with anincreased reduction in size and while still maintaining a relativelyless stressful energy-conditioning environment for the various 499electrode material elements that comprise the various 499 electrodematerial elements of an embodiment.

49SF”X” used for designation of the electrode extension portions allowsflow of portions of propagating energy along the internally positionedelectrodes that arriving from external conductive coupling structures(not fully shown) that are coupled by standard industry means andmethodologies. To improve further and simplify elements as referenced inthe disclosure, embodiments, among others as shown in FIG. 10 and othersall disclose an ability to allow multiple circuit, high-low voltagehandling ability provided within the same multi-circuitenergy-conditioning embodiment to allow both a low voltageenergy-conditioning function utilized for a predetermined energizedcircuit but to simultaneously function for a circuit utilizing ahigh-voltage energy pathway and conditioning function within the verysame multilayer embodiment, among others if desired, is now disclosed.

Therefore, some of embodiments overall, are suitable for simultaneoussets of electrical system portion pairs comprising both low andhigh-voltage circuit applications that will provide excellentreliability by utilizing a balanced shielding electrode architectureincorporating paired, and smaller-sized (relative to the commonshielding pathway electrodes) electrodes, but also same-sized and pairedbypass configured and paired feedthru configured conductive andelectrically opposing electrodes as shown in FIG. 10, for example.

A new, typical embodiment, among others 9200 would be comprised of a‘split’-electrode feedthru version which are positioned or spacedclosely relative to one another in such a manner that each set ofsplit-complementary electrode planes of electrode materials normallyappear to be comprise in a completed 9200 with the same or slightly lessin volumetric size then that of a non-spilt using structure, yet withmore efficient and larger energy handling capacity than that found in anidentically sized non-spilt using device comprising more distinctnumbers of same sized split equally-sized feedthru conductivecomplementary electrodes.

The difference would be that the new embodiments, among others wouldallow for more energy carrying or energy portion propagation abilityutilizing less layering, occupying less portion, allowing for morecircuitry conductive couplings while simultaneously handlingmulti-circuit energy-conditioning demands of a plurality of energypathways this small, but significant configuration only within the newembodiments, among others, 9200, or the like.

Therefore, 497SF1 and 497SF2 that together are defined as at least twosingle same-sized, same-shaped complementary positioned energy pathwaysseparated by at least a larger common energy shielding electrode that isplaced in an interposed reversed positioned relative to one anotheroperable to be shared (the larger shielding electrode) by both 497SF1and 497SF2 for energy-conditioning and voltage reference for Circuit 2A(not shown) reference functions in a typical embodiment like 9200, amongothers.

Again, Referring to FIG. 10, another typical layered electrode/801material stacking is now shown as energy-conditioning component 9200.Outer coupling electrodes 498-SF2B, 498-1, 498-SFIA, 491A, 498-SF1B,498-2, 498SF2A, 490A each designated by their respective outerconductive coupling structures surround the 9200 discrete body. Themulti-circuit energy-conditioning component 9200 comprises two outercommon connecting electrodes 498-1 AND 498-2 for common coupling to anouter common energy pathway or common energy portion (not fully shown).Straight feedthru outer coupling symmetrical complementary electrodes498-SF1A+498-SF1B and symmetrical complementary electrodes498-SF2A+498-SF2B (not fully shown) for outer differential pathwayconductive coupling to a first outer differential energy pathway (notshown) and a second outer differential energy pathway (not shown) of afirst circuit pathway. Finally, by-pass outer coupling electrodes 490Aand 491A are for differential conductive couplings to third and fourthouter differential energy pathways (not shown) of a second circuitpathway.

Each internal complementary electrode, 497SF1, 497SF2, 455BT and 465BT(not fully shown) that are contained within the various shieldingelectrode containers designated 800”X” and arranged within theoverlapping field energy and overlapping physical 900”X” cage-likeshield structures will now be described in terms of internalcomplementary electrodes, 497SF1, 497SF2, 455BT and 465 BT (not fullyshown) ability to provide energy-conditioning along these electrodepathways as well as direction for portions of energies propagatingwithin first or second separated circuits that are created when thesesymmetrical complementary electrodes 497SF1, 497SF2, 455BT and 465BT areenergized.

In an energized configuration for 9200, portions of energies that havetaken entry into the 813 AOC of 9200 are doing so to the instantaneousdevelopment of a zero impedance pathway or ‘hole’ that is created by thespaced-apart positioning of the interconnected and shared and combinedshielding electrode structures 900B+900A+900C found comprising portionsof 9200 with the almost totally enveloped sets of symmetricalcomplementary electrodes 455BT and 465BT (not shown) as well assymmetrical complementary electrodes 498-SF1A+498-SF1B and symmetricalcomplementary electrodes 498-SF2A+498-SF2B within the shieldingelectrode containers 800C, 800D, 800E, 800F, which form combinedshielding electrode structures 900B+900A+900C, which in turn form asingle shielding structure found in FIG. 10 (but not numbered).

Thus a typical embodiment like 9200 is operable for dynamic convergenceof oppositely phased energies (not shown) within an AOC 813 that areinteracting with one another in a harmonious, complementary manner,simultaneously, while at the same time the same dynamic convergence ofoppositely phased energies is aiding to create, exploit and utilizing adynamically developed, zero impedance state to allow portions of theenergies to propagate outward of the 813 AOC influence along to outercommon energy pathway 6803. The internal common electrode materials 499Gand the portion of material 499G located along the conductive surfacesformed by 499G or the “skins” (not fully shown) of the various shieldingcommon electrodes 800/800-IM-C, 810F and 820F and the other conductivelycoupled “8X” shield electrodes, aid indirectly and directly as they areutilized at the same time by energy portions of C1 and C2, and so forth,by way of respective oppositely paired symmetrical complementaryelectrodes such as 465BT, 455BT, 497SF1 and 497SF2, that are alsoutilizing in a non-conductively coupled manner, the very same outercommon energy pathway 6803 for portions of energy propagations andcircuit voltage reference, as well.

At the same time, it should be noted that 455BT and 465BT are using 810Fsimultaneously, as the larger 810F common shielding electrode ispositioned between the two electrically opposing, complementary by-passelectrodes, but in a reversed mirror-like manner, that also allowsportions of energy propagating along this section of a typicalembodiment like 9200, among others, to move out and onto the commonenergy pathway 6803, which is common to both 455BT and 465BTcomplementary electrodes. It should be noted that both 455BT and 465BTcomplementary electrodes are not necessarily operating electrically intandem with another operating circuit utilizing (among others) theoppositely paired equally-sized electrodes 497SF1, 497SF2, that are alsoutilizing the very same common energy pathway 6803 for energy portionpropagation for other portions of energy, simultaneously.

The propagation of portions of energies moving along (not shown)operable second circuit system's 497SF1, 497SF2 equally-sized energypathways and of course, onto the very same internally shared commonenergy pathway/internal electrode shields, 820F, 810F, 800, 810B, 820Bwhich make-up 900B, 900C and 900A, respectively. Some portions ofenergies utilizing the common energy pathway will egress out onto thecommon energy pathway or the outer common energy pathway 6803 by way ofshielding electrode extensions 49”X”s (not fully shown) and conductivecoupling means 6805 (explained further, below).

The various circuit operational propagations and conditionings taken bythe portions of propagating energies originally external from 9200 (notshown) as just described will occur for the most part, simultaneouslyafter energization, along the various externally located energy pathwaysand the internally-found, equally-sized energy circuitpathways/electrode pairs (individually electrodes of the pairs are sizedand shaped relative to one another equal-sized and shaped) such thatthese portions of propagating energies moving along in multipledirections, arranged, in some embodiments co-planar, and most pointsin-between (not shown) will be able to undergo the variousenergy-conditioning functions as described in a predetermined manner.

While this energy propagation occurs simultaneously, other portions ofthe energies will propagate to a low impedance pathway created by theinteraction and presence of the internally shared, co-acting, commonenergy pathway/internal electrode shields comprising the internallyshared, and intercoupled, co-acting, common energy pathway/internalelectrode shields, 820F, 810F, 800/800-IM-C, 810B, 820B, which make-upconductive faraday cage-like shield structures 900B, 900C and 900A, aswell as the additional and optional 850F/850-IM and 850B/850-IMimage/shield electrodes respectively, most of which are electrically andconductively distinct from that of the two sets of electricallyopposing, outer energy circuit pathways. Some portions of energiesutilizing the common energy pathway (not shown) will egress out onto thecommon energy pathway or the outer common energy pathway 6803 by way ofshielding electrode extensions 49”X”s (not shown) and outer conductivecoupling means 6805 (explained further, below).

It should also be noted that a material 801 having an insulatingfunction can be used for separating the conductive attachment meansand/or methods used with the common coupling to the common energypathway or the outer common energy pathway 6803 such that it preventsportions of complementary electrode pathway propagating energies of eachdistinct and operable Circuit 1A and Circuit 2A (each not shown) coupledwith 9200 from electrically meeting or shorting out by way of physicalcontact with any of the other outer energy pathways, respectively (notshown) of the distinct circuitries nearby (not shown) or the outercommon energy pathway 6803, itself.

As shown in FIG. 10, solder or simply a conductive material operable forcoupling, or even a physical coupling method such as resistive fit orspring tension, etc. designated as 6805 can also provide a means toconductively couple to a same portion or same outer common energypathway 6803 to facilitate common energy pathway conductive coupling andeventual development of a shared voltage reference point or image (notshown) after energization.

The energy pathway electrode shielding structure (not fully shown)comprising the internally shared, and intercoupled, co-acting, commonenergy pathway/internal shield electrode, 820F, 810F, 800/800-IM-C,810B, 820B, make-up larger conductive faraday cage-like shieldstructures 900B, 900C and 900A, as well as the additional and optional850F/850-IM and 850B/850-IM image/shield electrodes respectively, allowfor formation of a 0-voltage or same voltage un-biased (subjective toeach circuit simultaneously) reference or image plane relativeinternally to each of the sets of electrically opposing complementaryenergy pathways that are electrically positioned, on opposing sides ofan energized energy pathway electrode shielding structure (not fullyshown) not of the complementary energy pathways.

The ability of each half of each respective Circuit 1A and 2A (notshown) to utilize and share a self-contained and positioned circuitvoltage reference (not shown) provides each ½ of the electricallyopposing complementary energy pathway pairings a desiredenergy-conditioning feature that will divide respectively containedcircuit voltages (not shown) evenly between the electrode materialelements, 455BT, 465BT and ‘split’-electrode 497SF1 as well as,‘split’-electrode 497SF2 located within 9200 to be electrically locatedsimultaneously, (for each paired set of complementary elements,respectively) in a reversed-mirrored image to one another, across aportion of the internally shared, co-acting, common energypathway/internal electrode shields comprising the internally shared, andintercoupled, co-acting, common energy pathway/internal electrodeshields, 820F, 810F, 800/800-IM-C, 810B, 820B, which make-up conductivefaraday cage-like shield structures 900B, 900C and 900A, as well as theadditional and optional 850F/850-IM and 850B/850-IM image/shieldelectrodes respectively, that is physically providing an opposite sideof the interconnected and internal shielding electrode structure forutilization by each complementary electrode comprising each electricallyopposing complementary energy pathway pairings.

The AOC 813 shown in FIG. 10, and FIG. 9 and point to the positionmarking a portion of the passive conditioning network developed withinan energized 9200 embodiment as depicted in FIG. 10, and FIG. 9, as wellas the portion of a voltage dividing network developed within anenergized embodiment like 9210, among others. Normally, by utilizing anembodiment, among others like 9200 which are conductively coupled to atleast two separate energy circuit pathways (not fully shown), with eachcoupled circuit relying upon its own separate energy source and its ownseparate energy-utilizing load for energy portion propagation, therelative parallel positioning of each circuit unit provide by each ofthe single complementary circuit pathways that comprise electricallyopposing paired and complementary pathways will be operating within anembodiment but in a protective and mutually null convergence that isessentially shielded electrically, within by the presence of the commonshielding electrode structures which allows a user to take theopportunity and the advantage of utilizing the simultaneous interactionsof various circuit energies of both circuitry elements that areefficiently exploiting the statically positioned electrode materialelements as well as the various dynamically occurring energy portionpropagations that result in various forms of RFI containment, EMI energyminimizations, parasitic energy suppressions as well as opposingcancellation of mutual inductance found along adjacent, andpre-positioned electrically opposing energy pathways.

It should be noted as one looks at FIG. 10, and FIG. 9 energy egresspoints for egress of the external originating energy portions tocomplementary bypass pathways (not fully shown) that are shown locatedto the right and to the left which comprise 491A and 490A, areapproximately 180 degrees in positioning from one another, while the498-SF1A, 498-SF1B and 498-SF2A and 498-SF2B electrode energy exit/entrypoints for a typical embodiment like 9200, among others, are located 180degrees in a relative positioning away from one another, yet 498-SF1A+Band 498-SF2A+B outer electrodes are also maintaining a parallelrelationship with one another between the two 498X” common energy exitpoints of the internal common shield structures' (not fully shown)common energy pathway 6803 (not fully shown), and yet this grouping498-”X”s of energy exit points are also in a 90 degrees, orperpendicular, positioning relationship from physical 180° degreerelative separation positioning of the bypass connecting electrodes 490Aand 491A to one another which are conductively coupled to a separate,externally paired, electrically opposing complementary energy pathwayCircuit 1A (not shown) not of the external paired electrically opposingcomplementary energy pathway Circuit 2A (not shown) which isconductively coupled to 498-SF1A+B and 498-SF2A+B external electrodes.

The cross section provided in FIG. 10 will note the other significantdistance and separation relationships designated 806, 814, 814A, 814B,814C and 814D (not all fully shown) as they are predetermined withrespect to the vertical electrode and energy pathway stackingarrangements as depicted. It should also be noted that the variousenergy pathway positional direction of the separated circuit pairedgroupings of opposing complementary paired energy pathways 498-SF1 and498-SF2 and 465BT and 455BT take advantage of a 90 degree, orperpendicular positioning relationship of 498-SFIA+B and 498SF2A+B and465BT and 455BT, for example, with respect to one another as well assimultaneously taking advantage of the 180 degrees positioningrelationship that exists along the paired set of electrically opposingcomplementary electrode pathways 498-SF1A+B and 498-SF2A+B for example,that is not only a physical positioning convenience, but is utilized totake advantage of null effect incurred upon the possible H-fieldenergies that will normally not conflict with one another due to in thiscase but not all, a 90 degree positioning for energy portion propagationrelationship.

It is noted that most of the separation distances of elements within thedevice are relative to the various electrode pathway structurescontained within the device and though, not absolutely necessary formany multi-circuit energy-conditioning applications, in order tomaintain control of the balance within a specific, system circuit, thesematerial distance relationships should be even in embodiment spacingconsiderations and distributions.

Large variances or inconsistencies with these paired volumes ordistances of materials have been experimented with and any anomaliesthat are detrimental for circuit balance for most general electricalapplications of the present embodiments are possible but not optimal,among others.

Separation distance 814 calls out a application relative, predetermined,3-dimensional distance or portion of spacing or separation as measuredbetween common shielding electrode energy path-container 800C, 800D,800E, 800F respectively, that contain a single or grouping of‘split’-complementary electrodes, such as 800F comprising common shields810B and 820B and comprising complementary energy pathway 497SF2,including portions abutting or bordering along electrode materialsurfaces or ‘skins’ of these structures that would effect the energyportion propagations that could also be found within such definedportions in an energized state in one example, or such as 810F and 820Fsuch as 800F, comprising common shields 810B and 820B and comprisingcomplementary energy pathway 465BT, including portions abutting orbordering along electrode material surfaces or ‘skins’ of thesestructures that would effect the energy portion propagations that couldalso be found within such defined portions in an energized state foranother example, as shown respectively in FIG. 10.

Separation distance 814A is a generally a portion of three dimensionalseparation distance or proximity of spacing found between multipleadjacent common electrode material pathways such as common electrodepathway 820B and common electrode pathway image shield 850B/850B-IM forexample comprising a thin material 801 or spacing equivalent (not fullyshown) or other type of spacer (not shown).

Separation distance 814C is the separation found between commonelectrode pathways such as common electrode pathway 820B andcomplementary electrode pathways such as complementary electrodepathways 465BT. Separation distance 814B is the vertical separationbetween ‘split’-complementary energy pathways such as‘split’-complementary energy pathways 497SF1A and 497SF1B.

These unique combinations of dynamic and static forces (not shown) occursimultaneously within the containment of shielding electrode structureand due to its use as a conduit, to a common energy pathway distinctfrom the complementary pathways. Therefore, by utilizing and combiningvarious rules of physical element distance and energy field separationsbetween energy pathways, 801 materials, nonconductive materials, as wellas the dynamic energy relationships that are taking place within anenergized circuit pathway, a new utility and multi-circuitenergy-conditioning ability is provided.

Split electrically opposed, complementary electrodes 497SF1 and 497SF2that comprise one set of paired, similarly sized conductive materialportions for utilization as paired and opposing complementaryelectrodes. These two similarly sized conductive material or electrodeportions are further comprised together as a grouping of four distinct,yet closely spaced pairs of two units each of thin electrode elements497SF1A, 497SF1B, and 497SF2A, 497SF2B, respectively separated inparallel relation in and among themselves by a thin layer of the casingmaterial 801. More particularly, each conductive 497SF1 and 497SF2electrode material or energy pathway comprises a closely spaced pair ofthin conductive plate elements 497SF1A, 497SF1B, and 497SF2A, 497SF2B,which effectively double the total conductive surface portion of thepaired electrically opposing 497SF1 and 497SF2 complementary energypathways. It should be noted that similarly, each common, shieldingelectrodes does not comprise a corresponding closely spaced pair of thincommon, shielding electrode elements because it is not necessary forthese common shielding electrode structure elements for these shieldingelectrodes to possess double the total electrode surface portion becauseof using this configuration, the common shielding electrode structureelements that comprise the larger universal common shielding electrodestructure architecture with stacked hierarchy progression does nothandle energy the main input or output energy portion propagationpathway functions like those of the prior art. Rather, the commonshielding electrode structure elements are utilized within a typicalembodiment like 9200, among others, or an embodiment like 9210, amongothers, and the like, in most cases, as a common, additional energytransmission pathway not of the external energy pathways (not shown).

The spacing 814B between the electrode element pairs 497SF1A, 497SF1Band 497SF2A, 497SF2B, is desirably minimized, such as on the order ofabout less than 1.0 mil or to what ever spacing allows operability,mostly dependent upon currently existing manufacturing tolerances andelectrode material energy-handling properties will allow for the desiredeffect, whereas the distance 814C and 814 that can be found between theinterpositioned equally-sized and common energy pathway electrodes 810B,497SF2A+497SF2B, 820 for example, is substantially greater than that ofthe 814C separation.

It should be noted that each paired and ‘split’-electrode pathway isessentially very similar in conductive portion size, but preferably thesame with respect to its split mate, and Therefore, the twin platesdesignated 497SF2B and 497SF2A, 497SF1A, and 497SF1B, respectively areeach merely reversed electrode material mirror images of the other.However, the electrically opposing equally sized electrode pair, 497SF2,and 497SF1 comprised of 497SF2B and 497SF2A, 497SF1A and 497SF1Brespectively will be considered reversed mirror images of one another asa whole, relative to its position within a typical embodiment like 9200,among others.

An actual embodiment like 9200, among others, manufacturing sequence forbuilding one of these specific energy pathway structures will now beoutlined and described in a discrete variation of FIG. 10. At first, adeposit or placement of material 801 is made, then a layering ofelectrode material 499G for formation of 850B/850B-IM is positioned,next a 814A thin layering or spacing of a material 801 or 801X” is made,then positioning of a layering of electrode material 499G is depositedfor formation of common shielding electrode pathway of 820B. Thislayering is then followed by a layering of material 801 to establishspacing 814C, then followed by a layering of electrode material 499G toallow formation of energy pathway 497SF2A, next a 814B thin layering orspacing of a material 801 or 801”X” is made, followed by a layering of499G electrode material for the formation of energy pathway 497SF2B,then an 814C application of material 801 is positioned, followed by theplacement positioning of a layering of electrode material 499G forformation of common shielding electrode pathway 810B, then a 814Clayering of material 801, followed by a layering of electrode material499 for formation of energy pathway 497SF1A, next a 814B thin layeringor spacing of a material 801 or 801”X” is made, then a another layeringof electrode material 499 for formation of energy pathway 497SF1B, thena 814C layering of material 801, then a layering of electrode material499G for formation of common shielding electrode pathway 800/800-IM-Cwhich is also the shared, central shielding electrode structure balancepoint of a typical embodiment like 9200, among others, 814C layering ofmaterial 801, then a layering of 499 electrode material to allowformation of bypass electrode pathway 455BT, followed by a 814C depositof material 801, then a layering of electrode material 499G forformation of common energy shielding electrode pathway 810F, a 814Cmaterial 801, a layering of 499 electrode material to allow formation ofbypass electrode pathway 465BT; then 814C material 801, then commonenergy shielding electrode pathway 820F, next, a very thin layer 814A ofmaterial 801, then a layering of electrode material 499G for formationof common energy shielding electrode pathway 850B/850B-IM, and finally adeposit or placement of material 801 is made to comprise some of themajor fundamental layering structure and supporting elements thephysical stacking composition of 9200.

Referring now to FIG. 11, the component architecture previously shown inFIG. 10 has been modified in that the first pair of bypass electrodes455BT and 465BT have been replaced with split-feedthru electrodepathways 497F4A and 497F4B, and 497F3A and 497F3B while the bottom(relative to drawing location) portion of 9200 comprising 497F1A, 497F1Band 497F2A, 497F2B ‘split’-electrode feedthru electrode pathways remainforming an energy-conditioning circuit component an embodiment like9210, among others, capable of conductive coupling to two separateexternal, electrically opposing complementary energy pathway circuits.The conductive couplings comprising two separate energy pathways areshown in FIG. 12 which is a top (relative to drawing location) view ofcompleted energy-conditioning circuit component 9210.

Referring now to FIG. 12, the stacking shown in FIG. 11, is now shown asa finished energy-conditioning component 9210 mounted on a layer 6806(represented as the portion of the large outer circle) of a PCB havingexternal opposing energy pathways or traces (not shown) for coupling tovarious energy-utilizing loads and sources of energy as shown. Externalcoupling electrodes 4981, 498-F1A 498-F2A, 498-2, 498-F4A, 498-F3B,498-3, 498-F1B, 498-F2B, 498-4, 498-F4B, and 498-F3A, each designated bytheir respective outer coupling electrode structures surround the 9210body. Underneath the layer 6806, separated by insulating or material 801(not shown), a second conductive portion or layer or common energypathway 6803 (represented as the portion of the large square withincircle 6806) of the PCB comprises a common energy common energy pathwayand circuit voltage image reference node, CRN (not shown) separated fromlayer 6806 by insulating or material 801 (not fully shown). The anenergy-conditioning component like 9210 comprises four outer couplingbands or electrodes 498-1, 498-2, 498-3, 498-4 each coupled to outercommon energy pathway or portion 6803 by conductive coupling means (notshown) by conductive apertures or filled vias 6804. Conductive aperturesor filled vias 6804 are insulated from layer 6806 by insulation portion6804B. The propagation of energy portions through an energy-conditioningcomponent like 9210 will now be described.

Referring to a first circuit coupled to an energy-conditioning componentlike 9210, portions of energy propagate as shown with energy flow arrowfrom energy source-1 along an energy pathway (not fully shown) to crossover feedthru outer coupling electrode 498-F1A, along split-feedthruelectrode pathways 497F1A-B to outer coupling electrode 498-F1B on theopposite side of component 9210, along an outer energy pathway (notfully shown) to energy utilizing load-1.

Portions of energy then propagate from energy utilizing load-1 along anenergy pathway (not fully shown) to outer coupling electrode 498-F2A,through AOC along split-feedthru electrode pathways 497F2A and 497F2B toouter coupling electrode 498-F2B on an opposite side of component 9210,and then along an external energy pathway (not fully shown) back toenergy source-1.

Referring to a first circuit coupled to an energy-conditioning componentlike 9210, portions of energy propagate as shown with energy flow arrowfrom energy source-2 along an energy pathway (not fully shown) to outercoupling electrode 498-F3A, along crossover split-feedthru electrodepathways 497F3A-B to outer coupling electrode 498-F3B on the oppositeside of component 9210, along an outer energy pathway (not fully shown)to energy utilizing load-2.

Portions of energy then propagate from energy utilizing load-2 along anenergy pathway (not fully shown) to outer coupling electrode 498-F4A,through AOC along split-feedthru electrode pathways 497F4A and 497F4B toouter coupling electrode 498-F4B on an opposite side of component 9210,and then along an external energy pathway (not fully shown) back toenergy source-2.

While the above-mentioned description provides a general description forthe majority of portions of energy passing through anenergy-conditioning component like 9210, the conditioning function ofthe component has yet to be described. Accordingly, portions of energypropagating (not shown) along split-feedthru electrode pathways 497F1A,497F1B and 497F1A, 497F1B, respectively are electrostatically shieldedand physically shielded from internal and external effects by theinternally shared, co-acting common energy pathway/internal electrodeshields 820F, 810F, 800/800-IM-C, 810B, 820B, which make-up smaller,conductive coupled, faraday cage-like or cage-like shield structures,900B, 900C and 900A, as well as the additional and optional 850F/850-IMand 850B/850-IM image/shield electrodes respectively.

Simultaneously, portions of energies propagating along split-feedthruelectrode pathways 497F1A, 497F1B, and 497F1A, 497F1B, have magnetic or“H”-field emissions in the direction of propagation according toAmperes' right hand rule. This magnetic field or “H”-field is partiallycanceled by an opposing magnetic or “H”-field field created by portionsof energies propagating in the opposite general direction along thecorresponding pairs of split-feedthru electrode pathways 497F1A, 497F1Band 497F1A, 497F1B, respectively.

Split-feedthru electrode pathways 497F4A, 497F4B, and 497F3A, 497F3Bthat are configured such that portions of propagating energies aredirected at an angle of 90 degrees with respect to the portions ofpropagating energies accepted through split-feedthru electrode pathways497F1A, 497F1B and 497F2A, 497F2B. Split-feedthru electrode pathwayssuch as paired 497F4A+497F4B and 497F3A+497F3B and the remainingsplit-feedthru electrode pathways 497F1A+497F1B and 497F2A+497F2B, whichas respective ‘split’-electrode pairings are oriented at a 90 degreeangle will have minimal effect on respective H-field energy propagationportions relative to each other, constructively or destructively,thereby negating or nulling any potential effects to each respective C1and/or C2, and so on.

Other portions of energies propagate to the internally shared, andintercoupled, co-acting, common energy pathway/internal electrodeshields, 820F, 810F, 800/800-IM-C, 810B, 820B, which make-up conductivefaraday cage-like shield structures 900B, 900C and 900A, as well as theadditional and optional 850F/850-IM and 850B/850-IM image/shieldelectrodes respectively and collectively are then conductively coupledto outer common energy pathway or portion 6803 by way of commonconductive apertures or filled vias 6804. This multi-point couplingin-common of the grouped shielding electrode pathways providesenhancement for usage of a reference voltage node and insurance ofdevelopment of a low impedance pathway relative to any other possiblepathways of higher impedance operable at energization. A low impedanceenergy pathway common to multiple circuit system portions helps toprovide conditioning for other portions of energies utilizing bothCircuit 1/1A and Circuit 2/2A's over-voltage and surge protection (shownor not shown). It should be noted that the energy-conditioning betweeneach pair of electrically opposing electrode positions is balanced notonly between themselves within the AOC but they also balanced withrespect to the reference voltage node that each respective Circuit 1/1Aand Circuit 2/2A's, are utilizing.

Thus, almost all embodiments and variations of an embodiment similarlyconstructed or manufactured by standard means and used with standard,multiple, paired line circuit situations and having a dielectricdifference as the only significant variation between identicallyconfigured embodiments, among other embodiments will yield an insertionloss performance measurement in a manner that is exceptional. Thisreveals circuits utilizing a new common conductive shield structure andouter conductive attachment elements will be working in common usingelectrostatic shielding suppression and physical shielding, among othersand for influencing the conditioning of energy propagated within one ofa plurality of possible circuit system portions amalgamated into atypical new embodiment, among others.

Users of the various embodiment arrangements may use almost any type ofthe industry standard means of attachment and structures conductivelycouple all common energy pathways to one another and to the same commonenergy pathway that is normally separate of the equally sized pairedcomplementary circuit pathways. The conductive coupling of commonelectrodes is desirable for achieving a simultaneous ability to performmultiple and distinct energy-conditioning functions such as power andsignal decoupling, filtering, voltage balancing using electricalpositioning relative to opposite sides of a “0” Voltage referencecreated on opposite sides of the single sandwiching positioned electrodestructure and the principals as disclosed.

It should be noted that although internally, the conductive energypathways are symmetrically balanced and it is disclosed as shown in FIG.3A and FIG. 4A that additionally placed, common energy pathways thosemarked (#-IM) coupled with the inherent central, shared image “0”voltage reference plane will increase the shielding effectiveness of anembodiment in many ways. These are additionally placed common energypathways located outside and sandwiching in close proximity to itsadjacent internally positioned neighbor is for a purpose larger thanthat of adding capacitance to a typical embodiment.

The sandwiching function of these paired equally-sized energy pathwaysbetween the groupings of paired conductive shield-like containers 800Xwill again aid to in effecting the energy portion propagation relativeto externally coupled common conductive portions and/or shielding energypathway which is a common conductive portion and simultaneously createvoltage image reference aids-IM. It should be noted that if theshielding conductive container structures that make up an embodiment arein balance, any additional or extra single common conductive shieldpathway layers, individually, that are added by mistake or withforethought will not sufficiently hamper or degrade energy-conditioningoperations and actually reveal a potential cost savings in themanufacturing process wherein automated layer processes could havepossibly added an additional outer layer or layers as described. It isdisclosed that these minor errors intentional or accidental will not bedetrimental to the overall performance for a majority of applicationsand as discussed, this is fully contemplated by the applicant.

Within almost any variation of a typical embodiment, at least three,distinctly different simultaneous energy-conditioning functions willoccur as long as shielding of complementary energy pathways within thearea or portion footprint of sandwiching shielding energy pathways ismaintained and contained within the AOC 813.

A cage-like effect or electrostatic shielding effect function withelectrically charged containment of internally generated energyparasitics shielded from the complementary energy pathway main bodyportion 80 s. Electrostatic shielding provides a protection to preventescaping of internally generated energy parasitics to a complementaryconductive energy pathway. The electrostatic shielding function alsoaids in a minimization of energy parasitics attributed to the energizedcomplementary energy pathways by the almost total immuring or almosttotal physical shielding envelopment of inset complementary circuitportions within the area, main-body electrode portion 81 s, or portionfootprint of a sandwiching shielding energy pathway(s).

The interposition of conductive and non-conductive material portionsthat include but is not limited by such shielding as conductive materialfor electrodes that are shielding electrodes or material 801 shieldingfunctions that are utilized despite a very small distance of separationof oppositely phased electrically complementary operations that arecontained within common energy pathways in a controlled manner. Optimaloperations occur when coupling to a common conductive portion has beenmade such that simultaneously, energy portions utilizing variouselectrically opposing equally-sized energy pathways opposites areoperable interact in an electrically parallel manner balanced betweenthe opposite sides of a common conductive shield structure.

Exceptional mutual energy flux cancellation of various portions ofenergy propagating in a manner along paired and electrically opposingconductive energy pathways which are spaced-apart from one another by avery small distance(s) of either or both direct and indirect separation(in-direct=loop area) of oppositely phased electrically complementaryoperations with a simultaneous stray parasitic suppression andcontainment functions operating in tandem enhance functionality of atypical, new embodiment. H-field field flux propagates by the right-handrule (Ampere's law) along a transmission pathway, trace, line orconductor or conductive layer portion. Bring an energy-in pathway and anenergy-return pathway very close to each other, almost directly adjacentand parallel with minimal separation by only at least two portions ofmaterial 801 and a shielding energy pathway, corresponding complementaryenergy field portions will be combined for mutual cancellation orminimization of the separate individual effect. The closer thecomplementary symmetrical pathways are brought together, the better themutual cancellation effect.

In most embodiments whether shown or not, the number of pathways, bothcommon energy pathway electrodes and equally-sized differentiallycharged bypass and/or feedthru conductive energy pathway electrodes, canbe multiplied in a predetermined manner to create a number of conductiveenergy pathway element combinations in a generally physical parallelrelationship that also be considered electrically parallel inrelationship with respect to these same elements physically as well aselectrically parallel with respect to energized positioning between acircuit energy source(s) and circuit energy-utilizing load(s). Thisconfiguration will also thereby add to create increased capacitancevalues.

A common “0” voltage or simple common voltage reference is created forcomplementary circuit systems that share the common shielding energypathways or electrodes when they are and are not coupled to a commonconductive portion beyond the common shielding energy pathway orelectrodes. Additional shielding energy pathways (almost, but nottotally), surrounding the combination of a shared centrally positionedshielding energy can be employed to provide an increased inherent groundand optimized Faraday cage-like or cage-like electrostatic shieldingfunction along with an increased surge dissipation area or portion. Itis also fully contemplated by the applicant that a plurality of isolatedcircuits portions can utilize jointly shared relative, electrodeshielding grouping that is conductively coupled to the same commonenergy pathway to share and provide a common voltage and/or circuitvoltage reference between the at least two isolated sources and the atleast isolated two loads. Additional shielding common conductors can beemployed with any of an embodiment, among others to provide an increasedcommon pathway condition of low impedance for both and/or multiplecircuits either shown and is fully contemplated by applicant.

It should also be noted specifically that sustained, electrostaticshielding becomes an energized-only shielding function when a typicalembodiment is energized for a period of time. Thus, thus almost any newtypical embodiment and/or new typical embodiment circuit arrangement,multiple or not, is operable to be utilized for sustained, electrostaticshielding of energy propagations.

Thus, discrete or non-discreet typical new embodiment using a commonconductive shield structure and outer conductive attachment elements asdisclosed, and using dielectrics that have been categorized primarilyfor a certain electrical conditioning function or results that includesalmost any possible layered application that uses non-discreetcapacitive or inductive structures or electrodes that can incorporate avariation of an embodiment within a manufactured non-discrete integratedcircuit die and the like, for example, or a super capacitor applicationor even an nano-sized energy-conditioning structure. Additionally,almost any shape, thickness and/or size may be built of a specificembodiment, among others and varied depending on the electricalapplication. A typical embodiment, shown or not could easily befabricated directly and incorporated into integrated circuitmicroprocessor circuitry or chip wafers. Integrated circuits are alreadybeing made and integrated with passive conditioners etched within thedie area, which allows this new architecture, among others to readily beincorporated with that technology as it is available.

From a review of the numerous embodiments it should be apparent that theshape, thickness or size may be varied depending on the electricalapplication derived from the arrangement of common conductive shieldingelectrodes and attachment structures to form at least (2) conductivecontainers that subsequently create at least one larger singlyconductive and homogenous faraday cage-like shield structure, which inturn contains portions of either homogenous and or heterogeneously mixedbut paired equally-sized electrodes or paired energy pathways in adiscrete or non-discreet operating manner within at least one or moreenergized circuits.

As can be seen, the present energy-conditioning arrangement(s)accomplish the various objectives set forth above. While the presentenergy-conditioning arrangement(s) have been shown and described, it isclearly conveyed and understood that other modifications and variationsmay be made thereto by those of ordinary skill in the art withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the present energy-conditioningarrangement(s).

In closing, it should also be readily understood by those of ordinaryskill in the art will appreciate the various aspects and elementlimitations of the various embodiment elements that may be interchangedeither in whole and/or in part and that the foregoing description is byway of example only, and is not intended to be limitative of theenergy-conditioning arrangement(s) in whole so further described in theappended claims forthcoming.

1. An energy conditioner comprising: a conductive shield structurecomprising a conductive shield structure first conductive shield layer,a conductive shield structure second conductive shield layer, and aconductive shield structure third conductive shield layer; wherein saidconductive shield structure first conductive shield layer is above saidconductive shield structure second conductive shield layer, and saidconductive shield structure second conductive shield layer is above saidconductive shield structure third conductive shield layer; wherein saidconductive shield structure first conductive shield layer, saidconductive shield structure second conductive shield layer, and saidconductive shield structure third conductive shield layer areconductively connected to one another; a first pair of conductivenon-shield layers comprising a first pair first layer and a first pairsecond layer; a second pair of conductive non-shield layers comprising asecond pair first layer and a second pair second layer; wherein each oneof said conductive shield structure first conductive shield layer, saidconductive shield structure second conductive shield layer, saidconductive shield structure third conductive shield layer, said firstpair of conductive non-shield layers, and said second pair of conductivenon-shield layers extends in a first dimension and a second dimension;and wherein said first pair first layer consists of a first pair firstlayer overlap region and at least one first pair first layer non-overlapregion; wherein said first pair second layer consists of a first pairsecond layer overlap region and at least one first pair second layernon-overlap region; wherein said first pair first layer and said firstpair second layer are stacked so that said first pair first layeroverlap region and said first pair second layer overlap region overlapone another, thereby defining a first pair overlap region; wherein saidsecond pair first layer consists of a second pair first layer overlapregion and at least one second pair first layer non-overlap region;wherein said second pair second layer consists of a second pair secondlayer overlap region and at least one second pair second layernon-overlap region; wherein said second pair first layer and said secondpair second layer are stacked so that said second pair first layeroverlap region and said second pair second layer overlap region overlapone another, thereby defining a second pair overlap region; wherein noneof said at least one first pair first layer non-overlap region, said atleast one first pair second layer non-overlap region, said at least onesecond pair first layer non-overlap region, and said at least one secondpair second layer non-overlap region overlap one another; wherein saidconductive shield structure first conductive shield layer is above alllayers of said first pair and said second pair; wherein said conductiveshield structure second conductive shield layer is between said firstpair first layer and said first pair second layer, and said conductiveshield structure second conductive shield layer is between said secondpair first layer and said second pair second layer; wherein saidconductive shield structure third conductive shield layer is below alllayers of said first pair and said second pair; wherein said conductiveshield structure first conductive shield layer, said conductive shieldstructure second conductive shield layer, said conductive shieldstructure third conductive shield layer all extend in said firstdimension and said second dimension beyond the extent in said firstdimension and said second dimension of said first pair overlap region;and wherein said conductive shield structure first conductive shieldlayer, said conductive shield structure second conductive shield layer,said conductive shield structure third conductive shield layer allextend in said first dimension and said second dimension beyond theextent in said first dimension and said second dimension of said secondpair overlap region.
 2. The conditioner of claim 1 wherein said firstpair first layer and said second pair first layer reside in differentplanes.
 3. The conditioner of claim 1 wherein said first pair firstlayer and said second pair first layer reside in the same plane.
 4. Theconditioner of claim 1 further comprising a third pair of conductivenon-shield layers comprising a third pair first layer and a third pairsecond layer; wherein said third pair first layer and said first pairfirst layer reside in different planes.
 5. The conditioner of claim 1wherein said conductive shield structure further comprises conductiveshield structure conductive connection material extending in a thirddimension, wherein said third dimension is perpendicular to said firstdimension, and wherein said conductive shield structure conductiveconnection material conductively connects to said conductive shieldstructure first conductive shield layer, said conductive shieldstructure second conductive shield layer, and said conductive shieldstructure third conductive shield layer.
 6. The conditioner of claim 5wherein said conductive connection material includes conductive bandsconnecting to edges of said conductive shield structure first conductiveshield layer, said conductive shield structure second conductive shieldlayer, and said conductive shield structure third conductive shieldlayer.
 7. The conditioner of claim 5 wherein said conductive shieldstructure conductive connection material includes conductive materialextending through via holes.
 8. The conditioner of claim 1 wherein saidconductive shield structure first conductive shield layer has arectangular shape in said first dimension and said second dimension. 9.The conditioner of claim 1 wherein said conductive shield structurefirst conductive shield layer has an annular shape in said firstdimension and said second dimension.
 10. The conditioner of claim 1further comprising a dielectric material interspersed between conductivelayers.
 11. The conditioner of claim 1 wherein said conductive shieldstructure further comprises a conductive shield structure fourthconductive shield layer above all other conductive layers of saidconditioner and a conductive shield structure fifth conductive shieldstructure below all other conductive layers of said conditioner.
 12. Theconditioner of claim 1 wherein said conductive shield structure consistsof an odd number of conductive shield layers.
 13. The conditioner ofclaim 1 wherein said at least one first pair first layer non-overlapregion and said at least one first pair second layer non-overlap regioneach consist of one region.
 14. The conditioner of claim 1 wherein saidat least one first pair first layer non-overlap region and said at leastone first pair second layer non-overlap region each consist of twodiscontinuous regions.
 15. A circuit comprising the conditioner of claim13 and further comprising: a source of electrical power; a load; andwherein said conditioner has said first pair first layer connecting to afirst path from said source to said load, and said first pair secondlayer connecting to a second path from said load to said source.
 16. Acircuit comprising the conditioner of claim 14 and further comprising: asource of electrical power; a load; and wherein said conditioner hassaid first pair first layer connected in series with a first path fromsaid source to said load.
 17. The circuit of claim 16 wherein saidconditioner has said first pair second layer connected in series with asecond path from said load to said source.
 18. The circuit of claim 16wherein said at least one second pair first layer non-overlap region andsaid at least one second pair second layer non-overlap region eachconsist of two discontinuous regions.
 19. The circuit of claim 16wherein said at least one second pair first layer non-overlap region andsaid at least one second pair second layer non-overlap region eachconsist of one region.
 20. The conditioner of claim 1 further comprisingan additional conductive layer closely spaced to one of said first pairfirst layer, said first pair second layer, said second pair first layer,and said second pair second layer, and conductively coupled to theclosely spaced conductive layer to form therewith a split electrode. 21.A voltage divider circuit comprising the conditioner of claim
 1. 22. Theconditioner of claim 1 further comprising at least five electrodeterminals that are electrically isolated in said conditioner from oneanother.
 23. The conditioner of claim 1 further comprising at leastseven electrode terminals that are electrically isolated in saidconditioner from one another.
 24. A method of using the energyconditioner of claim 1, said method comprising applying a voltage tosaid first pair first layer.
 25. A method of making an energyconditioner comprising: providing a conductive shield structurecomprising a conductive shield structure first conductive shield layer,a conductive shield structure second conductive shield layer, and aconductive shield structure third conductive shield layer; wherein saidconductive shield structure first conductive shield layer is above saidconductive shield structure second conductive shield layer, and saidconductive shield structure second conductive shield layer is above saidconductive shield structure third conductive shield layer; wherein saidconductive shield structure first conductive shield layer, saidconductive shield structure second conductive shield layer, and saidconductive shield structure third conductive shield layer areconductively connected to one another; providing a first pair ofconductive non-shield layers comprising a first pair first layer and afirst pair second layer; providing a second pair of conductivenon-shield layers comprising a second pair first layer and a second pairsecond layer; wherein each one of said conductive shield structure firstconductive shield layer, said conductive shield structure secondconductive shield layer, said conductive shield structure thirdconductive shield layer, said first pair of conductive non-shieldlayers, and said second pair of conductive non-shield layers extends ina first dimension and a second dimension; and wherein said first pairfirst layer consists of a first pair first layer overlap region and atleast one first pair first layer non-overlap region; wherein said firstpair second layer consists of a first pair second layer overlap regionand at least one first pair second layer non-overlap region; whereinsaid first pair first layer and said first pair second layer are stackedso that said first pair first layer overlap region and said first pairsecond layer overlap region overlap one another, thereby defining afirst pair overlap region; wherein said second pair first layer consistsof a second pair first layer overlap region and at least one second pairfirst layer non-overlap region; wherein said second pair second layerconsists of a second pair second layer overlap region and at least onesecond pair second layer non-overlap region; wherein said second pairfirst layer and said second pair second layer are stacked so that saidsecond pair first layer overlap region and said second pair second layeroverlap region overlap one another, thereby defining a second pairoverlap region; wherein none of said at least one first pair first layernon-overlap region, said at least one first pair second layernon-overlap region, said at least one second pair first layernon-overlap region, and said at least one second pair second layernon-overlap region overlap one another; wherein said conductive shieldstructure first conductive shield layer is above all layers of saidfirst pair and said second pair; wherein said conductive shieldstructure second conductive shield layer is between said first pairfirst layer and said first pair second layer, and said conductive shieldstructure second conductive shield layer is between said second pairfirst layer and said second pair second layer; wherein said conductiveshield structure third conductive shield layer is below all layers ofsaid first pair and said second pair; wherein said conductive shieldstructure first conductive shield layer, said conductive shieldstructure second conductive shield layer, said conductive shieldstructure third conductive shield layer all extend in said firstdimension and said second dimension beyond the extent in said firstdimension and said second dimension of said first pair overlap region;and wherein said conductive shield structure first conductive shieldlayer, said conductive shield structure second conductive shield layer,said conductive shield structure third conductive shield layer allextend in said first dimension and said second dimension beyond theextent in said first dimension and said second dimension of said secondpair overlap region.
 26. A method of using an energy conditioner, saidenergy conditioner comprising: providing a conductive shield structurecomprising a conductive shield structure first conductive shield layer,a conductive shield structure second conductive shield layer, and aconductive shield structure third conductive shield layer; wherein saidconductive shield structure first conductive shield layer is above saidconductive shield structure second conductive shield layer, and saidconductive shield structure second conductive shield layer is above saidconductive shield structure third conductive shield layer; wherein saidconductive shield structure first conductive shield layer, saidconductive shield structure second conductive shield layer, and saidconductive shield structure third conductive shield layer areconductively connected to one another; providing a first pair ofconductive non-shield layers comprising a first pair first layer and afirst pair second layer; providing a second pair of conductivenon-shield layers comprising a second pair first layer and a second pairsecond layer; wherein each one of said conductive shield structure firstconductive shield layer, said conductive shield structure secondconductive shield layer, said conductive shield structure thirdconductive shield layer, said first pair of conductive non-shieldlayers, and said second pair of conductive non-shield layers extends ina first dimension and a second dimension; and wherein said first pairfirst layer consists of a first pair first layer overlap region and atleast one first pair first layer non-overlap region; wherein said firstpair second layer consists of a first pair second layer overlap regionand at least one first pair second layer non-overlap region; whereinsaid first pair first layer and said first pair second layer are stackedso that said first pair first layer overlap region and said first pairsecond layer overlap region overlap one another, thereby defining afirst pair overlap region; wherein said second pair first layer consistsof a second pair first layer overlap region and at least one second pairfirst layer non-overlap region; wherein said second pair second layerconsists of a second pair second layer overlap region and at least onesecond pair second layer non-overlap region; wherein said second pairfirst layer and said second pair second layer are stacked so that saidsecond pair first layer overlap region and said second pair second layeroverlap region overlap one another, thereby defining a second pairoverlap region; wherein none of said at least one first pair first layernon-overlap region, said at least one first pair second layernon-overlap region, said at least one second pair first layernon-overlap region, and said at least one second pair second layernon-overlap region overlap one another; wherein said conductive shieldstructure first conductive shield layer is above all layers of saidfirst pair and said second pair; wherein said conductive shieldstructure second conductive shield layer is between said first pairfirst layer and said first pair second layer, and said conductive shieldstructure second conductive shield layer is between said second pairfirst layer and said second pair second layer; wherein said conductiveshield structure third conductive shield layer is below all layers ofsaid first pair and said second pair; wherein said conductive shieldstructure first conductive shield layer, said conductive shieldstructure second conductive shield layer, said conductive shieldstructure third conductive shield layer all extend in said firstdimension and said second dimension beyond the extent in said firstdimension and said second dimension of said first pair overlap region;wherein said conductive shield structure first conductive shield layer,said conductive shield structure second conductive shield layer, saidconductive shield structure third conductive shield layer all extend insaid first dimension and said second dimension beyond the extent in saidfirst dimension and said second dimension of said second pair overlapregion; and said method comprising applying a voltage to said first pairfirst layer.